Hi again
This is little off the topic. I have used MVPMC on a Hauppage MediaMVP as a "Mythtvfrontend". I has its limitation and good features.
The Mythtv backend server must be installed with DHCP, TFTP server, NFS (included) or Samba. You also need access to a NTP server (internet or local)
Good thinks:
- Diskless, fanless, small and high WAF factor
- MVPMC use Hauppage dongle.bin (firmware with drivers for the MediaMVP). It replaces the GUI from Hauppage and uses a small Linux distribution named Busybox + some other library. You can use ssh to telnet into the box.
- Because everythink is lost after a cold reboot you don't have to worry about destroying something
- Built-in MPEG-2 and MPEG-1 decoder
Limitation:
- Old MediaMVP don't have optical sound without opening the box and led three small wires. Lots of work and no joy for me
The new Mediamvp has optical sound
- The best you can get is S-Video. I use SCART contact because I live in a PAL country
- The mvpmc firmware is loaded by tftp server. No security, but easy. You must have a DHCP server who support tftp (BOOTP). No problem with Linux DHCP server.
- You can watch and delete your recordings, as well as view the upcoming recording schedule. You can also watch live tv on any available tuner. Additional functionality, such as scheduling of recordings, commercial skip, etc are not supported at this time.
- Mythtv 0.19 are not supported yet, but it works (some limitation but I don't remember which)
I have used the MVPMC one year now, but I replaced it with an xbox where you can get additional Mythtv functionality. You can use Xdebian with mythtv for this or use the illegal software xbmc with the Python script xbmcmythtv . I have written some Wiki notes for xbmcmythtv
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Xbox_Frontend . But again Xdebian with mythtv and xbmcmythtv has its drawbacks
You don't have all the mythtv features with this solutions.
My suggestion are if you have some money buy a small noiseless pc with high WAF factor. Install Linux and mythtv and you get all you want + support (:-)
Harald
On 6/13/06, David Pettit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks for your help again. There was a step I missed in the configuration
of MythTV which was causing the problem. The backend is working now. Now I
just need to get the front-end running! I don't suppose you know anything
about the Hauppauge MediaMVP and the MVPMC project???
David
-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Campbell [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 1:08 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: 'User discussion about IVTV'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Trouble connecting Video source to input
On Sun, 2006-06-11 at 08:07 -0500, David Pettit wrote:
> Okay, I need some help determining where the source of my current problem
> lies. I can capture video just fine using 'cat /dev/video0 > capture.mpg',
> however when I start mythbackend I get the error message three times:
>
> cx25840 3-0044: 0x0000 is not a valid video input!
>
> Also, when I run mythtv-setup, on the page where it says "connect source
to
> input" under video source it says "(None)" and there are no other options.
> If I try to "Scan for Channels", it says "Failed to open the card".
>
> Is this a MythTV problem or an IVTV problem?
If you can capture fine with 'cat' then I'd suspect mythtv. Are you
using the packages from debian-multimedia.org?
Does your mythtv user have permission to read/write the ivtv device?
Ian.
--
Ian Campbell
There is nothing new except what has been forgotten.
-- Marie Antoinette
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