Michael Cowell wrote:
ffrr wrote:
Actually, running mythfrontend from a terminal still generates a long
list of errors when TV is being watched. I have pasted a selection
below. Is this normal for DVB streams received?
I usually get junk like that too - even with streams that seem
p
Tom Lichti wrote:
ffrr wrote:
btw: one thing that didn't work was when knoppmyth asked if the
ethernet interface should use dhcp I said yes. This failed (sometimes
the dhcp server in my NAT firewall/router plays up) but it didn't go
back and let me do it manually. Now there's no ethernet
On Oct 20, 2005, at 8:37 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:kill mythfrontend, open up an xterm, su mythtv-setup Can you not just run "/usr/bin/setup" ? I'm pretty sure this will take you to a menu that you can use to setup your network.___
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Andrew Close wrote:
KnoppMyth is just Linux after all, so you can do anything with it that
you can do with other distros.
i don't remember if you can reconfigure your network using the install
scripts from the cmd line or not, but it wouldn't hurt to try.
kill mythfrontend, open up an xterm, su
On 10/20/05, ffrr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Andrew Close wrote:
> >i second that. if you're going to start over you may want to give
> >another distro a try. KnoppMyth is a pretty quick and very painless
> >install. it has full support for all Myth's many wonderful features
> >OOtB (out of t
ffrr wrote:
btw: one thing that didn't work was when knoppmyth asked if the
ethernet interface should use dhcp I said yes. This failed (sometimes
the dhcp server in my NAT firewall/router plays up) but it didn't go
back and let me do it manually. Now there's no ethernet interface
configur
On 10/20/2005 3:53 AM ffrr wrote:
Andrew Close wrote:
How about trying one of the "quickstart" distros like KnoppMyth or
MythDora.
Personally, I moved away from the Mandrake based distros a while
ago. Too
much overhead. If you're feeling up to the challenge, you can
install Gentoo
and crea
On 10/19/2005 8:51 PM Simpson, Richard wrote:
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Nick Rout wrote:
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 23:25:15 -0400
David wrote:
Well, if you want a full-blown desktop distro, I can't
recomme
Andrew Close wrote:
How about trying one of the "quickstart" distros like KnoppMyth or MythDora.
Personally, I moved away from the Mandrake based distros a while ago. Too
much overhead. If you're feeling up to the challenge, you can install Gentoo
and create a truly customized Myth install. It'
Nick Rout wrote:
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 14:52:09 +1000
ffrr wrote:
Are you using kernel 2.6.11.x or 2.6.13.x?
Yes. At least, the file in the boot directory is vmlinuz-2.6.11-6mdk.
The distro I am using is Mandriva 2005LE.
the correct way to find out is running
uname -r
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
> Nick Rout wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 23:25:15 -0400
> >David wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Well, if you want a full-blown desktop distro, I can't
> recommend Fedora
> >>Core 4 highly enough.
Nick Rout wrote:
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 23:25:15 -0400
David wrote:
Well, if you want a full-blown desktop distro, I can't recommend Fedora
Core 4 highly enough. IMO it's the best platform for both Myth *and*
desktop work. I've never like Mandrake/Mandriva much myself.
My local lug r
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 23:25:15 -0400
David wrote:
> Well, if you want a full-blown desktop distro, I can't recommend Fedora
> Core 4 highly enough. IMO it's the best platform for both Myth *and*
> desktop work. I've never like Mandrake/Mandriva much myself.
My local lug refers to it as Mandriv
ffrr wrote:
I have installed knoppmyth a little while back on another machine. I
totally agree that it's a good way to go, except I also want to use
this machine as a day to day home desktop. So, for a desktop machine,
I like KDE and it's support apps such as K3B, and I don't think
knoppmyt
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 14:52:09 +1000
ffrr wrote:
> > Are you using kernel 2.6.11.x or 2.6.13.x?
> >
> Yes. At least, the file in the boot directory is vmlinuz-2.6.11-6mdk.
> The distro I am using is Mandriva 2005LE.
the correct way to find out is running
uname -r
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Andrew Close wrote:
On 10/19/05, Alex Cruz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Wednesday 19 October 2005 05:34 pm, ffrr wrote:
My current plan of attack is to wait for the Mandriva 2006 upgrade to
become public and try that, before going down the route of shelling out
money on a new car
On 10/19/05, Alex Cruz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday 19 October 2005 05:34 pm, ffrr wrote:
> > My current plan of attack is to wait for the Mandriva 2006 upgrade to
> > become public and try that, before going down the route of shelling out
> > money on a new card.
>
> How about tryin
On Wednesday 19 October 2005 05:34 pm, ffrr wrote:
> ffrr wrote:
> Sad to report, it isn't fixed. I think it's better than it was, but
> it's the sort of thing that is variable, and time will tell over the
> next week. However, the glitches still show up from time to time.
>
>
> My current plan o
ffrr wrote:
Oh boy, I certainly hope you are right.I didn't think of
interrupts, but that certainly might be the problem. Turns out the
card was sharing interrupts with a whole bunch of stuff, including the
SATA raid, nForce2 etc... I have moved it, physically and it is on a
differen
Tj schrieb:
Are you using kernel 2.6.11.x or 2.6.13.x?
I have problems getting my DVB cards to play well with MythTV using
the above kernel versions, even though xine plays back DVB stuffs
without a hitch.
Rolling back to kernel 2.6.10 or 2.6.12 and MythTV works again.
Are there any rela
Tj wrote:
ffrr wrote:
Actually, running mythfrontend from a terminal still generates a long
list of errors when TV is being watched. I have pasted a selection
below. Is this normal for DVB streams received?
[mpeg2video @ 0xb77d0434]Warning MVs not available
[mpeg2video @ 0xb77d0434]ac-tex
On Tuesday 18 October 2005 23:33, Tj wrote:
> ffrr wrote:
> > Actually, running mythfrontend from a terminal still generates a long
> > list of errors when TV is being watched. I have pasted a selection
> > below. Is this normal for DVB streams received?
> >
> > [mpeg2video @ 0xb77d0434]Warning M
You're right. MS will do just about anything..as long as you keep paying. I
was actually referring to their SALES reps who lure you in, get you to sign a
contract and then disappear to leave you high and dry until your contract is
up for renewal. Theives.
-alex
On Tuesday 18 October 2005 04:1
ffrr wrote:
Actually, running mythfrontend from a terminal still generates a long
list of errors when TV is being watched. I have pasted a selection
below. Is this normal for DVB streams received?
[mpeg2video @ 0xb77d0434]Warning MVs not available
[mpeg2video @ 0xb77d0434]ac-tex damaged at
ffrr wrote:
ffrr wrote:
Can i suggest that you run mythfrontend from an xterm with logging
turned on. Watch for errors like audio overrun. If they seem to
coincide with glitches in viewing take careful note.
Of course mythfrontend usually runs fuull screen and obscures the xterm
with the
ffrr wrote:
Can i suggest that you run mythfrontend from an xterm with logging
turned on. Watch for errors like audio overrun. If they seem to
coincide with glitches in viewing take careful note.
Of course mythfrontend usually runs fuull screen and obscures the xterm
with the logging info.
ffrr wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think sometimes people make posts like this out of frustration
because they don't understand enough about the "problem" they see (or
think they see) to ask a more intelligent question, or don't have the
trouble-shooting skills to enlighten themselves.
Michael Cowell wrote:
I had very similar problems with my Twinhan. It turned out to be
because of a shared interrupt (the bt878 chipsets don't play nicely
with others). Similarly to you, the problem only showed up in myth,
because myth was using the other device (another bt878, analog this
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 10:03:02 +1000
ffrr wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >
> >I think sometimes people make posts like this out of frustration because
> >they don't
> >understand enough about the "problem" they see (or think they see) to ask a
> >more
> >intelligent question, or don't h
Nick Rout wrote:
I have read bits of this thread, not all of it. However I seem to recall
similar problems a while back being solved by fixing the audio - ie it
was an audio problem. When the audio driver/hardware couldn't keep up
the system would freeze momentarily while something caught up.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think sometimes people make posts like this out of frustration because they don't
understand enough about the "problem" they see (or think they see) to ask a more
intelligent question, or don't have the trouble-shooting skills to enlighten themselves.
So, folks on
Isaac Richards wrote:
Why do people bother responding to this kind of crap? If someone is being so
ignorant as to threaten to use another software package just to get some
attention, let them.
It was merely an exaggeration to illustrate my point. Of course, I
can't use Kaffeine to repl
On 18 Oct 2005 at 14:16, Isaac Richards wrote:
>
>
> Why do people bother responding to this kind of crap? If someone is being so
> ignorant as to threaten to use another software package just to get some
> attention, let them. Seems like a good scheme to get a lot of replies, but I
> think
Alex Cruz wrote:
>[snip]
>
>
>The way I see it if we can maintain people, more people will join by word of
>mouth and the project will flourish. Let's not follow MS's lead in regards to
>"customer service". Have a good one.
>
>
Actually, Microsoft has one of the best customer service depart
Sometimes things are lost in translation. I've learned this from being
married to someone that isn't Spanish like I am. Human nature is to lash out
when frustrated with these types of situations. The thing about this thread
is that we were able to extract a better description of the problem in
Why do people bother responding to this kind of crap? If someone is being so
ignorant as to threaten to use another software package just to get some
attention, let them. Seems like a good scheme to get a lot of replies, but I
think it's pretty idiotic.
Isaac
___
What type of input are you using for cable in? Coax, S-Video, Composite?
I have often been amazed with the increase in picture quality after
replacing a cheap coaxial cable, or the difference from .
I now use a short, direct unshared input (S-Video) straight in from the
receiver.
Are you sta
Ah, DVB cards. There's a reason I decided to stick with the plain old
PVR-250. Since I only have cable (I can't get Direct or Dish in my current
location) and I've decided to wait until 2010 for HDTV to standardize (my
theory of when the US will get it's crap together) the 250 was an obvious
c
ffrr wrote:
Phill Edwards wrote:
Despite this, I keep hearing that a new version of myth isn't warranted
yet? What do I have to do - get an SVN version (not really a good
option)? None , or very few, responses to the messages and problems I
have recently posted about. Do I take this to mean
Kalle Pokki wrote:
ffrr wrote:
What I see is a sudden patch of digital noise / pixelisation, often
associated with a chirping sound in the audio. This might happen
every few seconds for a while then go away for a minute or two, only
to return randomly. Also it is of various severities, som
Peter Osterberg wrote:
It truely sounds like bad signal reception. On old police scanners
there's a "squelsh" setting to tell the radio at what signal/noise
level to cut audio to the speaker.
I remeber one setting in Myth that has to do with something that could
be compareable to this illustra
ffrr wrote:
What I see is a sudden patch of digital noise / pixelisation, often
associated with a chirping sound in the audio. This might happen
every few seconds for a while then go away for a minute or two, only
to return randomly. Also it is of various severities, sometimes just
a minor
It truely sounds like bad signal reception. On old police scanners there's
a "squelsh" setting to tell the radio at what signal/noise level to cut
audio to the speaker.
I remeber one setting in Myth that has to do with something that could be
compareable to this illustrative example. My guessing
Dag Nygren wrote:
Alex Cruz wrote:
Truly, I was blaming the antenna and all sorts of things until I
discovered Kaffeine doesn't suffer nearly as bad as myth. Kaffeine only
show a glitch very occasionally. Other TV's and digital set top boxes
in my house show virtually flawless pic
Niels Dybdahl wrote:
> As for picture quality in LiveTV and recording, what I
>am watching is acceptable for non-HD television.
>
What is frustrating is that the picture from my DVB card is excellent,
even in myth when it's not glitching. Myth must be using it
differen
> As for picture quality in LiveTV and recording, what I>am watching is acceptable for non-HD television.
>What is frustrating is that the picture from my DVB card is excellent,even in myth when it's not glitching. Myth must be using itdifferently to Kaffeine (which uses Xine) as obviously the dr
Phill Edwards wrote:
Despite this, I keep hearing that a new version of myth isn't warranted
yet? What do I have to do - get an SVN version (not really a good
option)? None , or very few, responses to the messages and problems I
have recently posted about. Do I take this to mean noone really
> Alex Cruz wrote:
> Truly, I was blaming the antenna and all sorts of things until I
> discovered Kaffeine doesn't suffer nearly as bad as myth. Kaffeine only
> show a glitch very occasionally. Other TV's and digital set top boxes
> in my house show virtually flawless pictures (we have a goo
Alex Cruz wrote:
I suppose it all depends on what you are looking for. If you want a HTPC,
then MythTV is one option. There's also Freevo under Linux and several "free"
one's under Windows.
Yes I tried Freevo. Not too bad. Mythtv has many more features, but if
the basics don't work then.
> Despite this, I keep hearing that a new version of myth isn't warranted
> yet? What do I have to do - get an SVN version (not really a good
> option)? None , or very few, responses to the messages and problems I
> have recently posted about. Do I take this to mean noone really knows
> much abo
I suppose it all depends on what you are looking for. If you want a HTPC,
then MythTV is one option. There's also Freevo under Linux and several "free"
one's under Windows. As for picture quality in LiveTV and recording, what I
am watching is acceptable for non-HD television. On my system I use
Really getting tiresome having glitchy live and recorded TV. Kaffeine's
picture and sound is much cleaner from the same DVB card using the same
channels.conf file for tuning parameters. What is myth doing differently?
Also, sick of mythfrontend just quitting outright (seg fault) trying to
pl
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