Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Achieves a Positive Value !

2005-04-29 Thread Mudit Wahal
Lonnie, Yes I read that on the hauppage web site. I was hoping that linux has something similar in server software which transcodes divx to mpeg2 on the fly and feed it to the mpv. I just bought a "yellow dot" media mpv from circuit city. It was the last yellow dotted one in my local store. Had

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Achieves a Positive Value !

2005-04-29 Thread Lonnie Borntreger
On Fri, 2005-04-29 at 15:18 -0700, Mudit Wahal wrote: > On the product information webpage it says that it supports divx. The bundled > software for MVP > plays divx. So, is the mpeg4 issue only wuth mvpmc software ? > > - http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_mediamvp.html --- > Plays

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Achieves a Positive Value !

2005-04-29 Thread Mudit Wahal
Greg, Thanks for the explanation. So i guess in the end, mvp only understands mpeg2. So, like you said, the transcoding from mpeg4/divx etc has to happen at the server side. IMHO, media mvp can be a very good frontend under $100 for serving analog/SDTV. I was thinking about using an XBOX as fro

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Achieves a Positive Value !\

2005-04-29 Thread Greg Estabrooks
> i know it supports mpeg1/2 but not mpeg4. > mpeg4 -- is it not possible because of hardware issues or software issues ? I > went to > the source forge site but couldn't find any explanation why the mpeg4 is not > supported. It doesn't support it because the hardware doesn't have a built in m

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Achieves a Positive Value !

2005-04-29 Thread Mudit Wahal
On the product information webpage it says that it supports divx. The bundled software for MVP plays divx. So, is the mpeg4 issue only wuth mvpmc software ? - http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_mediamvp.html --- Plays MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and DivX recordings made with the Hauppauge WinTV

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Achieves a Positive Value !

2005-04-29 Thread Mudit Wahal
i know it supports mpeg1/2 but not mpeg4. mpeg4 -- is it not possible because of hardware issues or software issues ? I went to the source forge site but couldn't find any explanation why the mpeg4 is not supported. thanks mudit --- Greg Estabrooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No support for

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Achieves a Positive Value !

2005-04-29 Thread Greg Estabrooks
> No support for live TV yet. It works great with PVR-250 recorded shows Actually there has been live-tv support for a while now. You just need to run one of the more recent images and add a commandline to the dongle.config to enable live-tv ___

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Achieves a Positive Value !

2005-04-29 Thread James Pifer
> http://mvpmc.sf.net > > > You need the basics: > > DHCP server > TFTP Server > NFS exports > > There are pre-compiled bin files, I'd rate it a 7 on a scale of > 1 to 10 just because of the nfs mounting and tftp booting. > > Once you get the syntax of the boot config right, it takes > abou

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Achieves a Positive Value !

2005-04-29 Thread Tim Sailer
On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 12:47:20PM -0500, Barry Jett wrote: > No support for live TV yet. It works great with PVR-250 recorded shows > quality is quite good. I haven't had any luck playing shows recorded from > firewire yet (mpeg-ts files) but I'm working on figuring out a way to > transcode

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Achieves a Positive Value !

2005-04-29 Thread Dave Ansell
- Original Message - From: "PAUL WILLIAMSON" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 5:22 PM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Achieves a Positive Value ! One downer is the thing can only play mpeg1 & 2 videos (and nuv's!). So, if you transcode

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Achieves a Positive Value !

2005-04-29 Thread Brad Templeton
On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 09:23:14AM -0400, John Kuhn wrote: > ya.. just wait.. last night i was in the dog house because of my WAF is > at 110% so much she doesnt really watch "live" tv anymore.. > > well instead of "Joey" last night.. we got "bushie" and i was in trouble :) > It is actually the

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Achieves a Positive Value !

2005-04-29 Thread Barry Jett
On 4/29/05, Tom Lichti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/29/05 12:08 PM >>> > >> > >>How hard was it to setup? And what software did you use? > >>A web site pointer would be sufficient... :) > > > > > > http://mvpmc.sf.net > > > > > > You need the basics

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Achieves a Positive Value !

2005-04-29 Thread Tom Lichti
PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/29/05 12:08 PM >>> How hard was it to setup? And what software did you use? A web site pointer would be sufficient... :) http://mvpmc.sf.net You need the basics: DHCP server TFTP Server NFS exports There are pre-compiled bin files, I'd rate it a 7 on

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Achieves a Positive Value !

2005-04-29 Thread PAUL WILLIAMSON
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/29/05 12:08 PM >>> > How hard was it to setup? And what software did you use? > A web site pointer would be sufficient... :) http://mvpmc.sf.net You need the basics: DHCP server TFTP Server NFS exports There are pre-compiled bin files, I'd rate it a 7 on a scale of

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Achieves a Positive Value !

2005-04-29 Thread Tom Lichti
PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/29/05 10:27 AM >>> A question, though I was thinking of getting a Media MVP for the children to use. My 6 and 9 year olds use it to select programs to watch all by themselves. How hard was it to setup? And what software did you use? A web si

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Achieves a Positive Value !

2005-04-29 Thread PAUL WILLIAMSON
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/29/05 10:27 AM >>> > A question, though I was thinking of getting a Media MVP > for the children to use. My 6 and 9 year olds use it to select programs to watch all by themselves. > How user-friendly is it? I'd give it an 8 compared to a full Myth box.

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Achieves a Positive Value !

2005-04-29 Thread Louis Adamich
I think all of us with wives go through the same thing.  I setup frontends on all our TV's in the house despite the "why are you doing that" and "other things need done", etc.  Nothing was said until I upgraded to 0.18 and hadn't finished.  The world was going to end because she couldn't use my

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Achieves a Positive Value !

2005-04-29 Thread Preet Khalsa
After the show, she remarked, "Hey, that TV thing is pretty handy !" This was truly my moment of glory ! Thanks to all the fine MythTV developers and of course, Isaac, for giving me this brief, (and no doubt still rare) moment of marital triumph ! I am in the same situation. What I did was s

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Achieves a Positive Value !

2005-04-29 Thread Tom Lichti
Matt wrote: Yea... nice huh? I'm in a similar boat... I'm always asked "why do you spend so much time at your computer... blah blah blah" But, she think's the myth box is great. Frequently, there are shows that she wants to watch that I have no interest in watching. So, when I'm watching TV wit

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Achieves a Positive Value !

2005-04-29 Thread Matt
Yea... nice huh? I'm in a similar boat... I'm always asked "why do you spend so much time at your computer... blah blah blah" But, she think's the myth box is great. Frequently, there are shows that she wants to watch that I have no interest in watching. So, when I'm watching TV with her, we'l

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Achieves a Positive Value !

2005-04-29 Thread John Kuhn
John Kuhn wrote: ya.. just wait.. last night i was in the dog house because of my WAF is at 110% so much she doesnt really watch "live" tv anymore.. well instead of "Joey" last night.. we got "bushie" and i was in trouble :) and you noticed? besides that the episode of Bushie was funni

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Achieves a Positive Value !

2005-04-29 Thread David
John Kuhn wrote: > ya.. just wait.. last night i was in the dog house because of my WAF > is at 110% so much she doesnt really watch "live" tv anymore.. > > well instead of "Joey" last night.. we got "bushie" and i was in > trouble :) and you noticed?

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Achieves a Positive Value !

2005-04-29 Thread dave
> Then, after Survivor, I fired up the Hauppage > Media MVP I had hidden in the TV cabinet, selected "The Apprentice" from > my > remote Myth box, and we enjoyed a fine episode of the Trump (sans > commercials). > Barry, Good for you!My wife is still using the VCR, but perhaps my moment w

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Achieves a Positive Value !

2005-04-29 Thread PAUL WILLIAMSON
>>> "Barry Jett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/29/05 8:25 AM >>> > Here was my chance...I sank lower in my chair and with an air of > superiority, answered, "It's already being done". Then, after > Survivor, I fired up the Hauppage Media MVP I had hidden in the > TV cabinet, selected "The Apprentic

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Achieves a Positive Value !

2005-04-29 Thread Donavan Stanley
On 4/29/05, John Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ya.. just wait.. last night i was in the dog house because of my WAF is > at 110% so much she doesnt really watch "live" tv anymore.. > > well instead of "Joey" last night.. we got "bushie" and i was in trouble :) Don't worry you didn't miss an e

Re: [mythtv-users] WAF Achieves a Positive Value !

2005-04-29 Thread John Kuhn
ya.. just wait.. last night i was in the dog house because of my WAF is at 110% so much she doesnt really watch "live" tv anymore.. well instead of "Joey" last night.. we got "bushie" and i was in trouble :) --John My better half has always had a subtle dislike for my interest in computers but di

[mythtv-users] WAF Achieves a Positive Value !

2005-04-29 Thread Barry Jett
My better half has always had a subtle dislike for my interest in computers but displayed a wifely tolerance over the years, no doubt thinking there could be a lot worse things I could be interested in doing. My interest in mythtv over the past few months has been subject to the same spousal indif