Re: [mythtv-users] Newbie hard drive question - PVR350 / KnoppMyth

2006-01-02 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 15:08, Philip Isaacs wrote: > Not that I recall. I mostly look at /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend for > errrors but I think it freezes before > it has time to spit out any problems. At least that is my best guess. > > Any idea about SATA hardrives and IDE harddrives sharing the

Re: [mythtv-users] Lost Sound on PVR-350

2006-01-02 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 11:42, Kirk Bocek wrote: > I recently tried upgrading ivtv from 0.4.0 to 0.4.1 and the kernel from > 2.6.13.2 to 2.6.14.4. In the process I somehow lost sound on live tv and > while playing back recorded programs that I am sure have sound. > > I still have sound through X

Re: [mythtv-users] removed store files, myth still thinks recording are there

2006-01-01 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 21:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I ran out of disk in my /mnt/store file system, so I removed two recordings > I had in there. I have my disk space back, but both mythfrontend and mythweb > see the two recordings as still there. How to I remove the information from > the data

Re: [mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase not working

2005-12-29 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 17:23, Dave Bush wrote: > I installed everything using Knoppmyth and it seems to be working > perfectly except I can't get mythfilldatabase to work. Here's an > example of what I'm seeing: > Connecting to datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com [206.18.98.160]:80... > connect

Re: [mythtv-users] Problem with "install mythtv-suit"

2005-11-08 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 22:51, Serge.Zwikker wrote: > I am using http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php for my mythtv. And so far > so good. But I am stuck on one part right now. > > When I do: yum install mythtv-suite I get this msg. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mythtv]# yum install mythtv-suite > Gath

Re: [mythtv-users] Long term stability?

2005-11-08 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 19:44, Dave Sherohman wrote: > Everyone seems to be posting uptime stats, but I don't really see them > as relevant to the original question. He asked whether people have been > able to keep myth running "with no... cron jobs" and mentions that he > has to "occasionally do a

Re: [mythtv-users] Long term stability?

2005-11-08 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 17:33, Robert Denier wrote: > 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'

Re: [mythtv-users] FC4, Multiple Tuner (PVR-250, PVR-350) Help with sound config

2005-11-08 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 01:14, Rod wrote: > > It appears so but I'm still not sure how to fix this. I tried > unloading/loading both the msp3400 and msp3400-ivtv with no success. > The sound output still keeps switching from the 250 to the 350 but I > cannot get sound out of both for the same modu

RE: [mythtv-users] Setup advice

2005-11-03 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 01:23, Joshua Lewis wrote: > I would like to say unlikey. But I know for a fact at least three at a > time. So that leaves room for a show or two to record and everyone > watching TV. But I do hear what you are saying. > -Original Message- > From: Chris

Re: [mythtv-users] Slightly OT - Hollywood after the Analog Hole again

2005-11-03 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 00:46, George Nassas wrote: > On 2-Nov-05, at 11:59 AM, Dewey Smolka wrote: > I agree. People are open to measures that are reasonable but DRMing > everything with a moving part isn't. On the other hand I haven't really > heard the people against DRM, and I'm one, say what

Re: [mythtv-users] use frontend diskspace for recordings ?

2005-11-01 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 08:51, Mark Knecht wrote: > Yes, it is possible. I partitioned my 250GB frontend only machine as > 10GB for Gentoo and 240GB in a separate partition. I then made the > large partition available through NFS and mounted it on the backend as > the location to store recordings. >

Re: [mythtv-users] Help Diskless frontend

2005-10-31 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 12:29, Alberto Alonso wrote: > You may have seen my references to using a diskless > base using Knoppmyth. > > Currently I'm still trying to fix a few things, in particular > large memory usage which I don't know where it comes from. > > The setup is an Epia M6000 (fanless),

Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV newbie

2005-10-30 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 15:41, Michael T. Dean wrote: > Right, although, if you have an NFS mount with access to the recordings, > it will be used in preference to having Myth stream the file to the > frontend. So, maybe not irrelevant, but not required. > So given a setup with two backend syst

Re: [mythtv-users] Some Quick Questions about MythTV

2005-10-26 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Wed, 2005-10-26 at 04:05, David Watkins wrote: > On 25/10/05, Scot L. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > My main backend system had four 300GB drives with one LVM group setup as > > a 1TB file system which I use for recordings. At this point I di

Re: [mythtv-users] Some Quick Questions about MythTV

2005-10-25 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 16:25, Steve Adeff wrote: > On Tuesday 25 October 2005 15:42, Scot L. Harris wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 15:18, Joshua Lewis wrote: > > > I am seriously considering the MythTV as an alternative to having 5 > > > satellite receivers and DVD play

Re: [mythtv-users] Some Quick Questions about MythTV

2005-10-25 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 15:18, Joshua Lewis wrote: > I am seriously considering the MythTV as an alternative to having 5 > satellite receivers and DVD players and computers and stuff in my house. I > want desperately to consolidate my house. > > I questions is three fold. > > One is the MythTV docu

Re: [mythtv-users] Speaking to control MythTv

2005-10-19 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 15:08, Adam Bodnar wrote: > So I was reading PVR Wire and saw a story about this software for the > Mac. http://www.speakables.com/TV.htm > > I thought this would be something cool for Myth Tv and from what just > doing some quick browsing that there are apps to control linux

Re: [mythtv-users] Unable to Fully Delete a Recording

2005-10-14 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 14:05, Jon Kunze wrote: > I have 2 recordings on my Myth box that I can't seem to delete. > > When i try to delete them from the frontend, it sits for a few > seconds, and then continues to show the recording in the Recorded > Programs listing. I've looked in my /video/record

Re: [mythtv-users] i can't get TV-out for PVR 350 to work

2005-10-14 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 13:02, Nada De nada wrote: > Hello Tom > > now that I have mythtv running... I wanted to try to > send the out to a TV so I went back and followed > Jarod's diections on HOW To.. Well the first thing > that he said is to modify the kernel boot so it can > force ivtv to load

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: gray bars and ghosting on certain channels

2005-10-12 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 12:42, Neil Cronin wrote: > Thanks. As I mentioned, when I plug the coax directly into the > television, the signal is fine. No gray bars or ghosting. I'm not > ruling out a bad connection (either on my 350 or internal to it), or > just a bad cable that somehow makes a bett

RE: [mythtv-users] OT: MythTV Home Automation

2005-10-11 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Tue, 2005-10-11 at 17:07, Simpson, Richard wrote: > > How about security cameras, with motion detection software initiating > recordings? A good feature for MythTV! Take a look at zoneminder. http://www.zoneminder.com ___ mythtv-users mailing l

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR350 Ghost/multiple Images

2005-10-07 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 15:50, Keith R wrote: > I'm trying to get mythtv up on my new install and am running into > issues with the tv-out of my PVR-350 displaying all graphical > boot and X images with ghosting or what looks like the same image > multiple times on the screen. > > During the initial

Re: [mythtv-users] Buffer file not rolling

2005-10-07 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 14:03, Peter Darley wrote: > On Oct 7, 2005, at 10:09 AM, Dave Sherohman wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 09:56:37AM -0700, Peter Darley wrote: > >> > >> Ok, this has me confused. I thought that the ringbuffer was on the > >> frontend? If so, this implies that the ringb

Re: [mythtv-users] Setting Up Tuners

2005-10-07 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 00:25, Peter Darley wrote: > Folks, > > I'm looking for some info from y'all. I've got my hardware ordered and > I'm > trying to plan on how to set everything up. > > On my master backend I'm going to have a PVR-500 and my main frontend is > going to have a tun

Re: [mythtv-users] running mythtv backend on VIA EPIA VT-310DP

2005-10-06 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 14:02, R. Geoffrey Newbury wrote: > On Thu, 6 Oct 2005 12:02:01 -0400, Andrew Plumb wrote: > Has anyone had a chance to install+run MythTV, specifically the backend, > on > one of the new EPIA VT-310DP dual-proc/SMP boards? > > http://www.viaembedded.com/product/epia_dp_spec.

Re: [mythtv-users] Thanks to developers, plus a few tips from someone who finally got it working

2005-10-05 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Wed, 2005-10-05 at 12:51, Charles H. Chapman wrote: > The router at home is a Linksys WRT54G and I'm using a Media MVP for my Note that last month there were five exploits reported for the WRT54G by iDEFENSE (09.13.05) and AusCERT (ESB-2005.0724). Updated firmware to fix this is apparently av

Re: [mythtv-users] Home Media Network Advice. Help! :-)

2005-09-27 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 08:40, chicken bigger wrote: > My new house will be completed in a month, so I am > starting to plan for a home media network that I'd > like to put together. I already have 1 coax and 2 > CAT5e drops in each bedroom, the family room and home > office. > > What I'd like to do

Re: [mythtv-users] trouble with mythbackend service on non-master

2005-09-26 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 01:53, Ben Norling wrote: > I've set up a myth network with a master backend and a > non-master backend. On the non-master backend, I can > start the mythbackend manually and it works fine, but > if I try to start it as a service, it give the > following error > > 2005-09-2

Re: [mythtv-users] slave/master interaction

2005-09-25 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Sun, 2005-09-25 at 21:42, Greg Woods wrote: > How exactly do slave and master backends interact? Is it true that > mythfrontend running on a slave backend still connects directly to the > master backend? > > If that is so, does that mean that when the slave is using its own > tuner, the traffi

Re: [mythtv-users] fixing database- file deleted but still in recordings list

2005-09-22 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 22:56, Robert Johnston wrote: > On 22/09/05, mrwester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi- I've searched the archive and seen posts for myth.rebuilddatabase.pl, > > but my problem is the opposite. The other night I was coming dangerously > > close to running out of disk space,

Re: [mythtv-users] Beginners question

2005-09-22 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 16:23, Paul Schied wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I am new to this forum and am considering trying to get mythtv working > but want to clear a couple of questions up before going any further. > > I have comcast cable, extended basic cable. To my knowledge it is not > digita

Re: [mythtv-users] Mounting two hard drives to single mounting point

2005-09-21 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 10:31, Azmat wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not sure if this has been asked before or if its even possible, > but is there any way to mount two HD's to a single mounting point in > Linux? I just added a second HD to my mythbox and was hoping there > might be a way for /video to point

Re: [mythtv-users] Multiple Video Card Possible?

2005-09-21 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 00:21, cardboil wrote: > Does that mean I don't need a video card at all when using PVR-350, > assuming I'm planning to build a dedicated Myth box connected only to > the TV. Just want to confirm that I can use the PVR 350 to use the TV > as my monitor for Myth as well as the

Re: [mythtv-users] Setting up slave backend system

2005-09-20 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 16:04, Bruce Markey wrote: > Scot L. Harris wrote: > > One thing I noticed was that when running mythtv-setup there does not > > appear to be a way to delete/remove individual capture cards. There is > > Press "D" for the delete popup. >

Re: [mythtv-users] Setting up slave backend system

2005-09-20 Thread Scot L. Harris
First I would like to thank everyone that contributed help on this problem. I believe I have success in getting the SBE setup and working. :) At least the tests so far are good. I have found a few things that I need to understand better but I now understand it enough that I believe I can consi

Re: [mythtv-users] Recording data?

2005-09-19 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 20:50, Chad wrote: > I just lost a ton of recorded programs on a disk. Now I have a lot of > things in the Recordings menu, and they won't delete. Anyway to mass > remove everything, or am I better off just dumping the database > completely and re-starting from scratch? I h

Re: [mythtv-users] Setting up slave backend system

2005-09-19 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 18:12, Bruce Markey wrote: > Scot L. Harris wrote: > ... > > Well the magic seems to be missing from my configuration. :) > > There is no magic. That post was very misleading. Cards must be > configured locally. You must add the slave card by running

Re: [mythtv-users] Setting up slave backend system

2005-09-19 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 18:13, Nick wrote: > On 19/09/05, Scot L. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 16:29, Jay Jarvinen wrote: > > > On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 13:26:00 -0400 > > > "Scot L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

Re: [mythtv-users] Setting up slave backend system

2005-09-19 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 18:11, Jay Jarvinen wrote: > On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 17:24:34 -0400 > "Scot L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Just to summarize: > > > > 1. load mythtv-suite on SBE > > 2. configure ivtv > > 3. verified tha

Re: [mythtv-users] Multiple Video Card Possible?

2005-09-19 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 17:51, Nathan Hesson wrote: > Yes, > The PVR-350 can do output via X and handle the decoding of video all > through the same port. Can be a bit tricky to setup but Jarod Wilson > has his excellent guide that walks through really nicely > (http://www.wilsonet.com/fcmyth.php) >

Re: [mythtv-users] Using the pvr-350 remote with other ir-receivers

2005-09-19 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 17:50, Oscar Curero wrote: > El Dilluns, 19 de Setembre de 2005 20:42, Scot L. Harris va escriure: > > > On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 14:27, Oscar Curero wrote: > > > Does anyone knows of a ir-receiver compatible with the remote that came > > > with

Re: [mythtv-users] Setting up slave backend system

2005-09-19 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 16:29, Jay Jarvinen wrote: > On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 13:26:00 -0400 > "Scot L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Maybe what is confusing me is how to get the capture cards on the > > SBE configured on the MBE. > > You don't

Re: [mythtv-users] ACPI sleep problems

2005-09-19 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 15:28, Steve Hill wrote: > I'm trying to make my MythTV box (both frontend and backend) suspend to > RAM when it's idle. Everything I read says I just need to set the > wake-up alarm by echoing a time and date to /proc/acpi/alarm and then > suspend the machine by doing: >

Re: [mythtv-users] Using the pvr-350 remote with other ir-receivers

2005-09-19 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 14:27, Oscar Curero wrote: > Does anyone knows of a ir-receiver compatible with the remote that came with > the pvr-350, no-configuration needed (and if possible cheaper)? > > I don't know if something is broken in the pvr-350, the ivtv are not correct > or lirc is not work

Re: [mythtv-users] Setting up slave backend system

2005-09-19 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 09:40, Nick wrote: > On 19/09/05, Scot L. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If this was done on the SBE should this be deleted? On the first couple > > of passes at this I skipped the step of creating video sources but when > > I tried to setu

Re: [mythtv-users] How to get PVR-500mce working on FC3

2005-09-19 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 08:32, Nick wrote: > On 18/09/05, Allan Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There have been quite a few posts on how to get the PVR-500mce working but I > > thought I would summarize everything that I found out while getting my new > > 500mce working. If anyone has anything

Re: [mythtv-users] Setting up slave backend system

2005-09-19 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 07:24, Nick wrote: Thank you for the reply. > > *IMPORTANT* - the slave backend (SBE) needs to be configured so that > it can connect to the master backend (MBE) and database. > I believe I have that working now. From the log file on the slave backend I get this: 2005-0

[mythtv-users] Setting up slave backend system

2005-09-18 Thread Scot L. Harris
First I need to thank Jarod yet again. The section of his guide on upgrading worked just fine on my master backend/frontend system. It was as simple as running: yum install mythtv-suite and the system was upgraded from .17 to .18.1 I have a slave backend/front end system that I put together l

Re: [mythtv-users] FC3 vs FC4

2005-09-16 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 17:15, Phil Strong wrote: > I am planning on upgrading to FC4 with a fresh install of the OS and > mythTv. Myth is working great so far but some other things I am > working on like FC4 better or perhaps the new kernel. Are there any > known problems with FC4 that are not act

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

2005-09-16 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 12:37, Dewey Smolka wrote: > > Thank you for clarifying this. I don't use MythMusic or MythVideo at > > this time. I do use mythgallery so will need to setup NFS for that. > > > > I am also considering setting up NFS for the recordings directory since > > I have a TB of spa

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: One tuner on PVR-500 (was Re: PVR-500 configuration)

2005-09-16 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 12:17, Chris Camisa wrote: > Any suggestions on identifying which of the pvr-500mce cards are > potentially flawed? > No idea. I received my card on 9/7/5. So it may be a new problem. Not sure when the others received their cards so don't know if that is a good way to det

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: One tuner on PVR-500 (was Re: PVR-500 configuration)

2005-09-16 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 11:10, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 10:31:47AM -0400, Scot L. Harris wrote: > > I think I am seeing the exact same problem. I just tried to manually > > adjust the brightness setting on the second tuner on the PVR-500. > >

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

2005-09-16 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 10:47, Dewey Smolka wrote: > On 9/16/05, Kevin Kuphal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Scot L. Harris wrote: > > > > >I suspect mythgallery requires nfs mount of the picture directory. > > > > > > > > To answer th

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: One tuner on PVR-500 (was Re: PVR-500 configuration)

2005-09-16 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 09:58, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 10:52:46PM -0700, Stefan Wrobel wrote: > > > I had the same problem and thought that it was a configuration problem. I > > tried and tried and tried to get it to work, but finally I got wise and > > fired the card up o

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: One tuner on PVR-500 (was Re: PVR-500 configuration)

2005-09-16 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 01:52, Stefan Wrobel wrote: > Eolake, > I had the same problem and thought that it was a configuration > problem. I tried and tried and tried to get it to work, but finally I > got wise and fired the card up on a windows box ... the 2nd tuner was > dead. I have since sent it

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

2005-09-15 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 23:00, Robert Kulagowski wrote: > > 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? >

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-500 + VIA KT400 = rebooting? black magic problem?

2005-09-15 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 21:35, Brian M. Sperlongano wrote: > I don't think you need the ivtv_fb module. Other than that, it looks > essentially the same as mine. I am planning on using the PVR-350 for X as well as to play recordings. Don't you need the ivtv_fb module for that? ___

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

2005-09-15 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 21:33, Michael T. Dean wrote: > W.Kenworthy wrote: > > >Are there any docs that describe the split between mythfrontend and > >mythbackend? Where are the files stored, which has the tv cards, which > >has the database (backend) and so on. This seems to be missing from the >

Re: [mythtv-users] ivtv-firmware-audio not being found by Yum

2005-09-15 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 20:20, Bill White wrote: > alas... > > ivtv-firmware-enc-2.04.024-4.at > perl-Video-ivtv-0.13-7.rhfc4.at > ivtv-kmdl-2.6.12-1.1447_FC4-0.3.7k-96.rhfc4.at > ivtv-firmware-1.8a-4.at > ivtv-0.3.7k-96.rhfc4.at > ivtv-firmware-dec-2.02.023-4.at > Did you go to the repo via the w

Re: [mythtv-users] ivtv-firmware-audio not being found by Yum

2005-09-15 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 19:51, Bill White wrote: > I am attempting to install a new PVR-500 card on my > FC4 Myth box and am referencing Jarod's guide to do > so. YUM does not seem to able to find the > ivtv-firmware-audio package. What am I missing? > > **when I do this: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] yum.r

Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV and Qwest Choice Cable

2005-09-15 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 16:47, Saionce wrote: > So right now, im currently using MCE and was curious as to the > capabilities of mythtv.. > > The way the qwest choice cable works is.. Theres one set top box.. > then for every other tv theres a little rf adapter that plugs into the > wall outlet and

Re: [mythtv-users] Better think twice before choosing an FS especially for LVM

2005-09-15 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 16:20, Brandon Beattie wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 04:08:02PM -0400, Tom Lichti wrote: > > But you wouldn't need to shrink the filesystem to replace the disk with > > RAID5, if you use enough disks (minimum 3). Of course there is a trade > > off in terms of available da

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-500 + VIA KT400 = rebooting? black magic problem?

2005-09-15 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 12:01, Brian M. Sperlongano wrote: > cx25830 should appear in the ivtv line in lsmod > > On 9/15/05, Scot L. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 08:45, Brian M. Sperlongano wrote: > > I used the absolu

Re: [mythtv-users] TV schedule changes, how to adjust

2005-09-15 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 11:30, Kevin Kuphal wrote: > Scot L. Harris wrote: > > >Sounds like tonight the President will be preempting several of the > >network channels tonight. Is there an easy way to get the updated > >schedule into mythtv to account for the changes?

[mythtv-users] TV schedule changes, how to adjust

2005-09-15 Thread Scot L. Harris
Sounds like tonight the President will be preempting several of the network channels tonight. Is there an easy way to get the updated schedule into mythtv to account for the changes? I tried running a mythfilldatabase by hand this morning but either the changes were not sent or were not inserted

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-500 + VIA KT400 = rebooting? black magic problem?

2005-09-15 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 08:45, Brian M. Sperlongano wrote: > I used the absolute latest available ivtv drivers, dated 15 Sep., > version 0.3.9. I also needed to find a firmware file to stick in (I > think) /lib/modules. Also, you need to have the cx25840 modules > loaded, so if you don't see that,

Re: [mythtv-users] vertical lines from pvr-500

2005-09-15 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 10:14, R. Geoffrey Newbury wrote: > On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 20:17:14 -0400, Scot L. Harris wrote: > >Will check out the drivers on sourceforge. Maybe that will work. > >Either that or I will have to sacrifice larger animals to the machine. And > >here

Re: [mythtv-users] vertical lines from pvr-500

2005-09-15 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 03:05, Jarod Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 14 September 2005 12:56, Scot L. Harris wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 15:40, Tim Hamer wrote: > > > i never could get the ivtv for my 150s working from atrpms, but > > > compiling from source was easy a

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-500 + VIA KT400 = rebooting? black magic problem?

2005-09-14 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 22:55, Paul K wrote: > I did have a problem with my KT333 that I 'complained' about. After > flashing the BIOS with the latest firmware found on their website, the > rebooting problem has never happened again. Now, I am running a PVR350 > and a PVR500 on a Foxconn KT600 with

Re: [mythtv-users] vertical lines from pvr-500

2005-09-14 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 19:18, Tim Hamer wrote: > Garry Cook wrote: > > On 9/14/05, *Scot L. Harris* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 16:18, Tim Hamer wrote: > > > > > > &g

Re: [mythtv-users] vertical lines from pvr-500

2005-09-14 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 16:18, Tim Hamer wrote: > > try the newest unstable drivers from the ivtv site. they might not work > perfectly though, so you might have to try a couple versions. i've been > using .3.7d for a while now with no problems. Thanks for yours and Garry Cook's response. It l

Re: [mythtv-users] vertical lines from pvr-500

2005-09-14 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 15:40, Tim Hamer wrote: > i never could get the ivtv for my 150s working from atrpms, but > compiling from source was easy and worked great. > So which version from sourceforge (or is there a better source for ivtv) should be used to support a PVR-500 and PVR-350? And has

Re: [mythtv-users] vertical lines from pvr-500

2005-09-14 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 15:03, Marius Schrecker wrote: > Hi, > > Back now as Sid is on the mend. I've managed to load my pvr-500 using > ivtv 0.3.8 and firmware 0x02050032 and both tuners seem to be working with > audio and video, BUT: > > When I play the stream in mplayer using mplayer -vo xv /d

Re: [mythtv-users] Hello all.. i'm the lastest mythnewb looking for advice :D

2005-09-14 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 14:31, Derek Meek wrote: > There is a lot of noise on my cable line already - I have a booster on > the fork that leads to my TV (other fork goes the cablemodem) - I don't > think i want to split it again too much. > If the cable company is providing piss poor signal you can

Re: [mythtv-users] Hello all.. i'm the lastest mythnewb looking for advice :D

2005-09-14 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 14:32, Brian J. Murrell wrote: > On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 14:22 -0400, Scot L. Harris wrote: > > > > I'm building a new system at the moment using an ECS 760GX-M Socket 754 > > SiS 760 GX Micro ATX AMD motherboard. > > Yeah. Have fun and goo

Re: [mythtv-users] Hello all.. i'm the lastest mythnewb looking for advice :D

2005-09-14 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 13:57, Derek Meek wrote: > I'm new to mythTV and the mailing list - just thought I'd say hello - > > and see what you think of the hardware I have in mind for my box. > > Here's what i have planned (based off today's prices - some hardware may > get beefier when i build the

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-500 configuration

2005-09-14 Thread Scot L. Harris
idate the PVR-350 work with the PVR-500? Trying to get this new box as ready as possible before setting up the connection to the master backend. I need to upgrade the master backend to 18.1 before connecting the slave backend to it. On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 16:39, Scot L. Harris wrote: > I

Re: [mythtv-users] Install of PVR-500

2005-09-14 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 10:12, Gerald J. Berg wrote: > While installing MythTV on a new system, the MythTV backend menu > offered PVR-350 and PVR-250 MPEG encoder boards, but not PVR-150 or > PVR-500. I am using a 350 and a 500. Should I simply select the 250 > for the second and third encoder boards

[mythtv-users] building a slave backend

2005-09-14 Thread Scot L. Harris
Hoping someone can confirm the following steps are correct for building a slave backend/frontend system. Building the system using Jarod's guide and ATRPMs. If I understand the documentation the slave backend gets setup just like a standard backend except no mythfilldatabase is issued and mytht

Re: [mythtv-users] One tuner on PVR-500 (was Re: PVR-500 configuration)

2005-09-13 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 18:08, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 05:21:24PM -0400, Scot L. Harris wrote: > > # ivtv modules setup > > alias char-major-81 videodev > > alias char-major-81-0 ivtv > > alias char-major-81-1 ivtv > > alias char-maj

RE: [mythtv-users] PVR-500 configuration

2005-09-13 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 17:08, Gerald J. Berg wrote: > I have almost the same system and have a similar problem. I expect the 350 > and 500 combination will become a popular configuration once it gets locked > down and works reliably. > > > mplayer -vo -x11 /tmp/test.mpg > > My 350 video and audio

[mythtv-users] PVR-500 configuration

2005-09-13 Thread Scot L. Harris
I finally purchased some additional equipment to build a slave backend/frontend system to go with my existing backend/frontend mythtv system. For the new box I will be using a PVR-350 for output to the TV as well as a PVR-500 for additional encoders. Using an ECS 760GX-M Socket 754 SiS 760 GX Mic

Re: [mythtv-users] Fastest file system

2005-09-09 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 12:51, Brian McEntire wrote: > Oh yeah, buy a UPS ;-) > Highly recommended, not only for the mythtv box but the TV itself. > > I guess I haven't tried to delete any 2GB files lately, and I will > have to soon... but how slow is it? Does the Mythfrontend interface > "ha

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] security/serveillance cameras & Myth...

2005-09-07 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 18:38, Joe Barnhart wrote: > --- "Scot L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have been looking at setting up a system using Zoneminder. > > http://www.zoneminder.com > > > > Just have not spent the time yet to select w

Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] security/serveillance cameras & Myth...

2005-09-07 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 14:33, Andrew Close wrote: > hey all, > > we have a wonderful software suite in MythTv. it lets you > watch/record tv, watch videos, listen to music, even talk on the > phone! how about a security plug-in? MythSurveillance? > i know there are a couple ppl on the list that

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Emergency - FFwd not working smoothly, Commercial skip being a LITTLE flakey.

2005-09-06 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Tue, 2005-09-06 at 15:32, Michael Jones wrote: > Thanks.. I'll check the TV Settings item.. > > > I'm using .18.1 on FC3. The channel detection error happens mostly with > shows that have a quick (30 sec or so) "summation" at the very end (Wife > says it happens a lot with Monk). It seems th

Re: [mythtv-users] .17 backend-frontend/.18 slavebackend-frontend

2005-09-05 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 21:24, Carl Fongheiser wrote: > > On 9/5/05, Scot L. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Was wondering if a .17 backend-frontend system can be used > with a .18 > slavebackend-frontend systems? > > > Nope; it won

[mythtv-users] .17 backend-frontend/.18 slavebackend-frontend

2005-09-05 Thread Scot L. Harris
Was wondering if a .17 backend-frontend system can be used with a .18 slavebackend-frontend systems? Should be receiving hardware for the new slavebackend-frontend system later this week. :) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350(MBD)

2005-08-31 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 11:40, Mike Daugird wrote: > I have been reading a lot of stuff trying to get my box up and running. It > seems that everyone except me got the PVR-250. I bought the 350 and now I am > having a hard time getting any internet howto's to jive. > Is it possible to have the syst

Re: [mythtv-users] Zap2it subscription notices ?

2005-08-31 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 01:21, Yan-Fa Li wrote: > Folks, > > my sub runs out on 9/9 and I haven't seen any renewal requests. I > logged into my account, but there doesn't seem to be a way to renew > pre-emptively. Anyone else seen this in North America ? > I don't think the web site puts up the

Re: [mythtv-users] Help, PVR-350 TV Out doesn't work

2005-08-21 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Sun, 2005-08-21 at 05:59, Gera Makarov wrote: > Did anyone have problems with tv-out on 350? I got mythtv working, can > watch live tv on my computer (although the pq is not that great) but > when trying to output pvr350 to tv it's not working. I'm running FC4 > with all the latest updates. I fo

RE: [mythtv-users] Happauge PVR-500 Linux Support Feedback

2005-08-19 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Fri, 2005-08-19 at 23:16, Ernie Lim wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mythtv-users- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Erik Pettersen > > Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 11:08 PM > > To: Discussion about mythtv > > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Happauge PVR-50

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: upgrading mythtv system

2005-08-19 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Fri, 2005-08-19 at 22:12, Axel Thimm wrote: > On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 02:21:15PM -0400, Scot L. Harris wrote: > > I am getting ready to build a second system to be used as a slave > > backend/front end to the existing backend/front end system. > > > > As such I t

[mythtv-users] upgrading mythtv system

2005-08-19 Thread Scot L. Harris
A recent thread "Redhat 9" raises an issue I am hoping the list can assist with. I have a Mythtv system .17 on FC3 ATRPMS which has been working just fine. Thanks to all the developers for such a good product. :) I am getting ready to build a second system to be used as a slave backend/front e

Re: [mythtv-users] Problem deleting a recording

2005-08-17 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 21:06, Adam Bodnar wrote: > I had something like this as well, in the backend log will be the file > it's trying to delete. I just touched an empty file that was named. > Then I went and tried removing it again from the frontend and all was > good. >

[mythtv-users] Problem deleting a recording

2005-08-16 Thread Scot L. Harris
Running mythtv-backend-0.17-95.rhfc3.at from atrpms built using Jarod's instructions. Been working great. :) A while back there was a problem that resulted in a recording that was deleted but the entry in the list did not get removed. I noted the following error listed in the mythbackend.log fi

Re: [mythtv-users] Tennis

2005-08-15 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 09:00, Fred Squires wrote: > On 8/15/05, David Whyte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I've been doing that so I end up getting 4-5 hour recordings where > > > the game ends up being only 3.5 hours long. Is there a simple way > > > once they are recorded to prune off the

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

2005-08-09 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 15:57, Lonnie Borntreger wrote: > On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 15:13 -0400, Scot L. Harris wrote: > > But if I want to record two shows at once, as I can currently do, I > > would need two boxes. It gets even more expensive if I want to have 3 > > or 4 input

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

2005-08-09 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 14:56, Jim Reith wrote: > At 02:43 PM 8/9/2005, you wrote: > >On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 14:38 -0400, Scot L. Harris wrote: > > > > > > So the S-Video input on the PVR line of cards allows the card to select > > > the channel on digital cable?

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

2005-08-09 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 14:28, Jim Reith wrote: > At 02:15 PM 8/9/2005, you wrote: > >On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 13:51 -0400, Scot L. Harris wrote: > > > > > If/when they go full digital > > > which cards can be used? > > > >None. Welcome to America. >

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