--- Sasha Z [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've been having a really annoying little problem with video playback
for some number of months, but I've never been able to figure out
what
it is.
The video stops, the audio stops, nothing happens. If I wait for a
random number of second (1 to 15),
--- Norm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If I change the channel 3 or more times, the backend 'forgets' to
change
the channel and the frontend gets stuck waiting for data that will
never
arrive. I typically have to restart both.
Is this a typical problem with DVB or is there something more
--- Robert Denier [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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'm not
--- M Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Lately (within the past month) all my local stations from 13 on down
are
fuzzy or wavy and getting worse. Two stations, 6 ABC and 3 CBS
are
major static and not watchable. All cable (non-local) chanlls which
all
start above 13 are just fine.
--- Sean Cier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So should I take it that nobody's tried to use a frontend in an
enclosed
space like these before, or that people have tried and simply had no
airflow
problems either way?
I've done other evil things with computer equipment. I ran an old
P3-600
--- Jon Solomon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anyone have any suggestions about what kind of remote I should get
for my
new frontend?
I used the older gray Hauppauge remote for several months, and while
atrocious, it was surprisingly usable (especially with some creative
keymapping of the arrow
--- Sean Cier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm finally chucking the wretched XBox that has served as my living
room
frontend for far too long, and building a proper machine. I want
HDTV
support (only have an SDTV there at the moment, and no HD sources,
but the
latter will hopefully
--- Mark Kundinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- Joseph A. Caputo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thursday 20 October 2005 1:40, Mark Kundinger wrote:
Hi list,
If I time stretch a recording, the audio seems to get gurgly
(minor,
sporadic, pitch or tempo changes
--- Joseph A. Caputo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thursday 20 October 2005 1:40, Mark Kundinger wrote:
Hi list,
If I time stretch a recording, the audio seems to get gurgly
(minor,
sporadic, pitch or tempo changes). This is most notable with
programs
that like to do big dramatic
Hi list,
If I time stretch a recording, the audio seems to get gurgly (minor,
sporadic, pitch or tempo changes). This is most notable with programs
that like to do big dramatic musical scores with lots of violins (think
West Wing). The strange part is that even if I set the time stretch
back to
--- Ricardo Kleemann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I have a PVR150 MCE which doesn't come with a remote. I'm trying to
setup
mythtv, but I need to buy a remote which will work well with lircd.
Does the PVR150 MCE come with an IR receiver? If so, does it only
work with
the hauppauge
--- Michael T. Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[Mess of top-/bottom-posts re-formatted so this actually makes
sense...]
Mark Kundinger wrote:
--- Jeff Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 10/6/05, Tj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Do you have mythweb running? Is it protected from
--- Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wednesday 12 October 2005 07:37, Phil Strong wrote:
SATA and DMA not working how can I resolve this guys?
On 10/11/05, Phil Strong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I recently replaced my mythbox with a shiny new machine that now
has SATA
drives.
I've been having a wonky problem with the wrong frame size being
captured on my Matrox Marvel G400-TV. This results in the recording
being stretched out over the right edge of the screen. It also prints
an error message in mythbackend's log like this:
2005-10-10 11:35:25.148 NVR: Can't open
is spidering mythweb and thus clicking on
every
delete link in the process
On 10/6/05, Tj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mark Kundinger wrote:
Have I stumbled across a magical combination? Has anyone else seen
this?
I'm using SVN and so far no problems, yet..
Do you have mythweb
--- Ricardo Kleemann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi guys,
This is not a fanless solution, but what do you guys think of this?
How does this hardware stack up for mythtv?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16856140003
It's only $125 with a rebate, just add the cpu, memory,
I'm guessing that the system looks okay in the very early stages of
booting, before graphical boot starts?
I think the xorg.conf is attempting a video mode that your TV can't
handle. Unfortunately, I don't have a 350 so I can't advise you on how
to set it up right for X.
Once you do get it up
--- Shane Liesegang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm really interested in some of the features that I've heard exist
in the
SVN head branch of Myth (particularly MythUI). I know that installing
from
SVN has no guarantee of functionality, but I know in other open
source
projects, many people
Here's a problem I've been having on my Myth box for the last couple of
weeks:
Every few days, even though I have about 100GB of disk space, and
auto-expire is set to none, a lot of my recordings (sometimes all of
them) will get deleted. Not only that, but the box suddenly think it
has recording
Yep, a cable splitter, they can be bought for a few bucks, pretty
cheaply. So then you'd have:
Cable from wall - splitter
and
splitter - Myth box
splitter - cable box
When googling on this subject, I learned that splitting a signal does
cut the strength of it (by half, if you split it in two).
--- Todd Houle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My wife likes to channel-surf instead of using the program guide when
watching live tv. However, with Myth, there's a one or two second
delay
when changing channels. I guess so myth can clean up the temp
recording..? So channel-hopping doesn't
Well, the c key will swtich between inputs on one card. The y key
will switch cards entirely.
Unfortunately, I have not personally dealt with a system where
different tuners were used for different channel ranges, so I don't
have more insight.
--- Myth Monkey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi..
--- Brian J. Murrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So, any ideas why this is not transcoding? Probably related to the
error message from mythtranscode:
Couldn't find stream paramters for
'/video/tmp/1006_20051003230800_20051003233000.nuv'
But the stream seems fine in as much as it
--- Robin Gilks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I had the exact same problem, and I was able to compile and
install by
first copying mythconfig.make to subfolders like mythdvd/mythdvd,
mythdvd/mtd, mythdvd/i18n, mythmusic/mythmusic, etc.
I also had my source in a home directory of a user.
I had the exact same problem, and I was able to compile and install by
first copying mythconfig.make to subfolders like mythdvd/mythdvd,
mythdvd/mtd, mythdvd/i18n, mythmusic/mythmusic, etc.
I also had my source in a home directory of a user. I wonder if the
makefiles don't like something about
If the problem is an east-coast west-coast time zone problem, you could
try setting up a lineup at zap2it for a different provider (maybe
satellite) that is running on the other timezone, and then select just
the one station.
For instance, for me, I have Dish Network San Diego and Dish
Network
Does anyone else have a problem with auto-expire deleting programs,
even when the auto-expire method is set to none, and even when
there's a tone of free recording space available?
(I'm using a version from SVN about two weeks ago, btw)
___
mythtv-users
I don't recall the default settings for MPEG-4, but it's all about the
bitrate you select. If you want the transcoder to shrink file sizes,
you're going to need to select a bitrate less than the bitrate of the
source recordings. The default bitrate is probably pretty fat.
Also, be aware of the
I've been doing MPEG-4 transcoding for quite a while with Myth.
However, I've never tweaked the video settings more than just adjusting
the bitrate.
What do settings like max quality, min quality, and max quality
difference between frames actually mean? And what are the
ramifications if I mess
Some feedback,
If you're using a Socket A board, you might want to consider a Mobile
Athlon XP chip. They run cooler, can achieve high speeds, and often
overclock well. (I have a 2200+ running at 2ghz, or 2900+, at only
1.4V). They are harder to find, but I got one at newegg.
However, if
I also get the recoding-stopping stutter, on a JFS partition, watching
non-HD content that only uses 15-20% cpu. I had thought it was
transcoding or commflaggin starting, but since you don't see that, it
must just be come voodoo recording completion stuff.
I am pretty sure (not 100%) that the
You can have a shell script that responds to the power key and kills
the frontend:
http://www.wilsonet.com/mythtv/tips.php
(half way down, about the wife button)
I used a slightly tweaked out version which will also try to restart
the backend if it's not running, but that isn't as useful as I
Others have done a good job of talking about higher end, so let me talk
about the lower end.
I have Dish network coming in through an anlog line, into my tuner, and
out to a 20 regular TV. So my source resolution is lowish, but my
line is very clean, and my output device isn't very picky. :)
My
This may not be it, but ls a ls -l /dev/li* I think you want to see
these devices:
/dev/lircd
/dev/lirc0
/dev/lirc
However, /dev/lirc may not exist, so I had to run ln -s /dev/lirc0
/dev/lirc to create a link to lirc0. This seemed important for me (I
compiled lirc from source), so I added that
Easiest way I've found to delete a bunch of arbitrary channels is to
get MythWeb working, and do it through the web interface.
I do this regularly when Zap2It adds new satellite channels.
--- Dave Sherohman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Since I didn't recognize all the abbreviated channel IDs, I
I'm unsure on the memory requirements. 128MB might be enough, but you
may need 256.
But heck, if you have the hardware parts just laying around, try
slapping some together and see what happens. :)
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I want to make mythfrontend/diskless on old hardware
Noise is, of course, very subjective. My system is a very simple combo
box (small form factor case, HDD, small CPU fans). My small apartment
is not a quiet place though, near the kitchen and computer desk,
windows usually open with some road noise. If either the fridge or my
regular computer
Ugh. It, uh, sounds kind of like your display might be jacked in
general?
Did a monitor used to work in addition to the TV? Did you ever used to
be able to see the computer's boot process on the TV?
Maybe you're booting with the wrong kernel?
--- Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I booted up
This seems like a retarded problem to me, but what am I doing wrong
when trying to compile mythplugins?
Here's the breakdown: I've got FC4. I did a checkout of today's
mythtv, myththemes, and mythplugins code from SVN. After a lot of
fighting with getting Qt compiled and installed, I have base
try to compile all the plugins. Then one is created (probably
right before the error is generated).
It seems like the submakes are either not finding mythconfig.make, or
are looking for mythconfig.make when they shouldn't.
?
On 11/09/05, Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 11/09/05, Mark
Hi list,
My mythbox is deleting recordings on me, even though I have auto-expire
off, there's enough room on the disk, and there is no episode max.
I cannot find any log information for why the files are being deleted.
However, it seems to happen in the late morning, which is when
Hello list,
My Mythbox has been strangely deleting lots and lots of recordings,
even though I have plenty of hard disk space. I suspect auto-expire or
episode maxes are the reason, even though I don't have those turned on.
Where can I see the reason something was deleted? I looked at
My Myth box seems to be deleting recordings like crazy. It actually
deleted one program only an hour after recording it.
I have plenty of disk space (over 100GB free), and my auto-expire
threshold is set to 0 (that means it's disabled, right?), I have at
least some of the deleted programs set to
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