Re: [mythtv-users] Overture case and heat

2006-01-27 Thread Pete Stagman
Hi Guys, I have this case too and was having serious heat issues. I modified the case by drilling a grill into the top cover right above the CPU. The same way the new version of the case is. I don't have any pictures, but if you need some I can provide . . . What I did was: 1) Measure the

Re: [mythtv-users] Controlling multiple cable boxes

2005-09-12 Thread Pete Stagman
You wouldn't need multiple serial ports ifyour cable boxes can be set for different IR codes, like satellite receivers. I don't know if they can or not, wouldn't hurt to ask your cable company. Instructions here: www.lircsetup.com On 9/12/05, Gerald J. Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a

[mythtv-users] HDTV format question

2005-09-12 Thread Pete Stagman
Hi All, I've been using MythTV forover a year now and finally got an HDTV TV. PCHDTV card coming soon. My new HDTV TV has multiple inputs. HDMI, Component, S-video and VGA. (max resolution on the VGA is 1024x768, no widescreen) What is going to get me the best picture? VGA to Component

Re: [mythtv-users] HDTV format question

2005-09-12 Thread Pete Stagman
for a similiar cable I ordered from surplus computers, but Idigress...E.--http://www.byopvr.com -- Build Your Own PVR siteOn 9/12/05, Pete Stagman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The VGA input on the TV only accepts 640x480, 800x600 and 1024x768. I tried messing around with modelines to get it to go widescreen

Re: [mythtv-users] HDTV format question

2005-09-12 Thread Pete Stagman
right now? an older mx440. No DVI Been wanting to replace it for a while. --P On 9/12/05, Cody Austin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What card are you using?CodyOn Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 10:13:58AM -0400, Pete Stagman wrote: Hi All,I've been using MythTV for over a year now and finally got an HDTV

Re: [mythtv-users] lirc in and out

2005-09-04 Thread Pete Stagman
www.lircsetup.com On 9/4/05, Marty Ravell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I seem to recall someone talking about running lirc for input (from a PVR350) as well as output to a transmitter (one of the several designs available on lirc.og) at the same time. This should let me control my cablebox.Any

Re: [mythtv-users] multiple lirc_serial instances

2005-08-10 Thread Pete Stagman
Al, check out www.lircsetup.comor http://losdos.dyndns.org:8080/public/mythtv-info/MythTV_DISH_IR_LED_TX_via_Modified_LIRC.html a couple different ways of doing it.--Pete On 8/10/05, Al Furman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have two serial IR blasters and two DirecTV receivers, which I wantto

Re: [mythtv-users] IR Blaster: possible serial port problem

2005-06-12 Thread Pete Stagman
Drew, Have you tried controlling your receiver? I couldn't see the flashes from my blaster in a digital camera, some cameras havestronger IR filters than others. I hooked it up to my receiver and it worked. --Pete On 6/11/05, Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/11/05, Drew Zerdecki [EMAIL

Re: [mythtv-users] Myth, IRBlaster, FC3 and a single instance of LIRC?

2005-06-10 Thread Pete Stagman
Claude et al, You might think I'm not impartial (since I'm the person who came up with those steps) but I've used those instructions literally dozens of times on my own myth boxes and many times on other peoples. There are many things that can give you that error. Have you looked at the

Re: [mythtv-users] OSD reports incorrect position and time; other problems

2005-06-10 Thread Pete Stagman
I have that same problem. Never found a solution. I'm rebuilding my box this weekend and will see if it works now with the newest distro. --Pete On 6/10/05, John Stubbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All,I'm having multiple annoying issues with my mythtv setup, which is 0.18running on Fedora Core 3:

Re: [mythtv-users] Streamzap + IR Blaster

2005-06-08 Thread Pete Stagman
Hi Derek, Check out www.lircsetup.com it's geared towards Fedora, but it should work just fine with knoppmyth. --Pete On 6/8/05, Derek Battams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to setup lirc to change my digital cable box.I already have myStreamzap remote setup and working.I've read the lirc

[mythtv-users] mythtv GUI lockups

2005-06-05 Thread Pete Stagman
Hi All, Sorry if this has been answered already, but I haven't been able to find this issue in the archives. Recently anyway, there are some old messages about old nvidia drivers causing something similar. Since upgrading to .018 mythtv gui's keep locking up on me. mythfrontend, mythtvsetup both

Re: [mythtv-users] mythtv GUI lockups

2005-06-05 Thread Pete Stagman
to something other than G.A.N.T. It's in the settingstable where value='theme'. I don't know if this is the problem or not,but it fixed it for me. Strangely, G.A.N.T. works fine now, though...Michael T. Dean wrote: Pete Stagman wrote: Since upgrading to .018 mythtv gui's keep locking up on me. mythfrontend

[mythtv-users] iconmap.xml problem

2005-06-05 Thread Pete Stagman
Hi All, Another new problem that I can't seem to figure out. When trying to import icons for a new install I'm getting this: -- mythfilldatabase --import-icon-map /video/iconmap.xml--update-icon-map 2005-06-05 18:13:33.482 New DB connection, total: 1 Importing icon mapping from

Re: [mythtv-users] 18.1 upgrade failed dependencies

2005-05-22 Thread Pete Stagman
Hi Phil, Not trying to start a flame war either and excuse me if I'm just being dense. I had seen that thread before I mailed the group. That was the reference I made to packages named incorrectly I didn't see any other relevant threads. Sorry if I missed the obvious. I tried using the temporary

Re: [mythtv-users] remote control a mythtv box

2005-03-19 Thread Pete Stagman
Hi Juergen, Yes it is possible. Lirc has a built in ethernet protocol, I haven't tried it. www.lirc.org --Pete On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 15:01:57 +0100, Juergen Sachs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi group, I want to controll my mythtv box remotly over ethernet. Is there a protocoll to controll a

Re: [mythtv-users] What card for cable/sat capture?

2005-03-18 Thread Pete Stagman
It has a single s-video/rca input and a Tuner input for analog cable or over air tv. You can use both inputs, but not at the same time. So, you can have your sat connected to the s-video in and cable tv into the tuner, but you can only record or watch one of them at a time. --Pete On Thu, 17

Re: [mythtv-users] What card for cable/sat capture?

2005-03-17 Thread Pete Stagman
yep, pvr-250 works for me. I have 2 pvr's capturing two dishnetwork receivers. --Pete On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 20:14:19 +, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: john roberts wrote: All my experience with MythTV has been with OTA. If I wanted to start capturing content from digital cable or Sat -

[mythtv-users] Re: Re: ff/rew not working

2005-03-12 Thread Pete Stagman
On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 09:24:07 -0600, David Engel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 07:13:59AM -0500, Pete Stagman wrote: Tried this today, no problems found in db. OK. I guess you'll have to add some debug prints in NuppleVideoPlayer.cpp, then. In DoPlay(), print what

Re: [mythtv-users] The nvidia-settings tool and Myth (keeping overscan right)

2005-03-08 Thread Pete Stagman
I have no problem keeping the settings. I know that nvidia-settings saves the settings when you exit it. What I do is tweak my settings, close it, restart it and leave it running minimized. It always survives reboots for me that way. As long as I don't close it before shutdown. --Pete On Tue,

[mythtv-users] Re: Re: ff/rew not working

2005-03-08 Thread Pete Stagman
Tried this today, no problems found in db. --Pete On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 13:13:14 -0600, David Engel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 01:35:00PM -0500, Pete Stagman wrote: ok, how would I check the db? mysqlcheck -c -h host -u user -p password mythconverg If it reports

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: ff/rew not working

2005-03-06 Thread Pete Stagman
ok, how would I check the db? it happens with a single keypress. 1 press it jumps to some random point. 2nd presses it rewinds a few seconds(or ff), 3rd press it creates a save point . . . it goes on like this. Random events. --Pete On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 12:26:46 -0600, David Engel [EMAIL

Re: [mythtv-users] ff/rew not working

2005-03-06 Thread Pete Stagman
I'm not using xvmc and never have. --Pete On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 13:03:14 +1000, David Whyte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wait, I think I enabled xvmc last night, just when I first noticed the issues! I guess I should disable it and see if they continue to occurr! Dave On Sun, 06 Mar 2005

[mythtv-users] ff/rew not working

2005-03-05 Thread Pete Stagman
Hi, I had seen another thread with a problem like this, but can't seem to find it in archives. After a clean install with 0.17 my FF/REW are doing strange things. They seem to add and remove save points and jump around to random times. This happens in liveTV as well as recordings. Everywhere

Re: [mythtv-users] ff/rew not working

2005-03-05 Thread Pete Stagman
On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 18:15:52 +, Chris Birkinshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Byron Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Exact same problem here.. it goes NUTS when i use any of the video playback functions - keyboard or remote. I'm using a geforce mx 4000 (440) with XvMC enabled because

Re: [mythtv-users] Broadcast Flag Article mentions MythTV and quotes Issac

2005-03-04 Thread Pete Stagman
Hi Everyone, I'm in contact with a reporter from techtarget as I'm writing this. www.techtarget.com They may be interested in doing a story on MythTV and the broadcast flag. (After I dropped a dime of course). Don't know if this will actually fly, but I'm giving it a shot. Is anyone interested

Re: [mythtv-users] IR blaster questions

2005-03-04 Thread Pete Stagman
Scott, There are a bunch of options, including building your own blaster, it's really not that hard. Check out the how-to's Andy and I have made. www.lircsetup.com for multiple blasters check this page www.lircsetup.com/lirc/multi/ although I'm in the process of updating the multi page, you'll

[mythtv-users] leading zero's in channel number

2005-03-01 Thread Pete Stagman
Hi, Anyone know how to make myth add leading zero's if the channel is less than 3 digits? I tried adding them to the channel table in mythconverge, that doesn't seem to work. I'm using a dishnetwork hdtv box, it requires 3 digit channel numbers for channels 100. -- Lirc, FC3, and an

Re: [mythtv-users] LIRC problems....Aargh!

2005-03-01 Thread Pete Stagman
Are you running mythfrontend as user mythtv or root or something else? It sounds like the frontend can't find lircrc. Make sure that lircrc is in the ~/.mythtv directory of whatever user is running it. --Pete On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 11:09:24 -0800, Christopher Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [mythtv-users] Removing Channels from Guide

2005-02-23 Thread Pete Stagman
Actually, I don't think they will go away. After the 12 days of data is gone the EPG will say unknown for those channels. At least that's what happened to mine. What I did is install Webmin, for all of those linux newbies and non-experts like me . . . Webmin is your friend. www.webmin.com

Re: [mythtv-users] lirc, Fedora Core 3, Dish Network, ir blaster, can't make it work.

2005-02-23 Thread Pete Stagman
It's working great for me, I have 2 dishnetwork receivers running. Shameless plug: www.lircsetup.com - have you tried this one? Andy Long and I wrote it, it's geared to FC3, mythtv, lirc and DishNetwork receivers. If you STILL can't get it to work, send me an e-mail off list and I'll help where

Re: [mythtv-users] Dish TV question

2005-02-18 Thread Pete Stagman
Or, you could go with the how-to Andy Long and I have been working on for a few weeks. www.lircsetup.com You can build your own irblaster for about $8-10 USD or buy one from irblaster.info for $15 with shipping. I have 3 dishnetwork receivers running on a single lirc instance. You can see my setup

Re: [mythtv-users] Dish TV question

2005-02-18 Thread Pete Stagman
sorry, that second link was supposed to be http://www.lircsetup.com/lirc/multi/index.php On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:05:02 -0500, Pete Stagman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or, you could go with the how-to Andy Long and I have been working on for a few weeks. www.lircsetup.com You can build your own

Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV won't call change channel script

2005-02-09 Thread Pete Stagman
Hi Neil, Do you have the script set to send the receiver PowerButton? Most power events are a toggle, if the power is on - turn it off, if it's off - turn it on. That can play havoc with mythtv if everytime you change a channel it sends a power signal. I have dishnetwork receivers, I just leave

Re: [mythtv-users] IR blaster not working

2005-02-05 Thread Pete Stagman
Jim, Couple things you can check. Try: #ls -l /dev/lirc* If you followed that how-to, you should get something like this crw--- 1 root root 61, 1 Jan 29 17:01 /dev/lirc crw--- 1 root root 61, 0 Jan 29 17:01 /dev/lirc0 crw--- 1 root root 61, 1 Jan 29 17:01 /dev/lirc1 srw-rw-rw- 1

Re: [mythtv-users] Mythweather radar imagery

2005-02-04 Thread Pete Stagman
Works for me. Taunton, MA --Pete On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 09:14:10 -0600, Andrew Close [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 00:52:56 -0600, M S [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone else even verify that they can get radar data? If so, give me the location you are using and I'll try that.

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Hardware question...

2005-01-29 Thread Pete Stagman
This is probably a sill question, but when you installed the mobo in the case did you use the little brass risers? --P On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 16:30:02 -0600, Andy Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Odd, i have that same case, a PVR-250 and no problems... I would agree with Robert though. I would

Re: [mythtv-users] New guide for controlling external cable/satellite box using an IR Blaster and FC3

2005-01-28 Thread Pete Stagman
Hi Andy, I just read through the iwamble howto,(I had never seen it before) the steps from yours should work just as well. --P On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 01:50:51 -0600, Andy Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With the help of Pete Stagman, I have attempted to create a how-to guide for controlling

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: multiple lirc transmitters

2005-01-28 Thread Pete Stagman
Hi, Here's a how-to Andy long has been working on, it's probably what you are looking for.. http://comp.uark.edu/~aslong/mythtv.html --P On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:37:05 -0600, Robert Kulagowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe that in lirc 0.7.0 you can now have multiple devices (rather than

[mythtv-users] OT: gmail invites, I have 4

2005-01-15 Thread Pete Stagman
Anybody want one? --P ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

[mythtv-users] OT: Second instance of LIRC not needed

2005-01-07 Thread pete stagman
Hi Everyone, Because I was having a hard time compiling a second instance of LIRC to control my DishNetwork receiver(pvr-250 receiver is working fine controlling MythTV, BTW), I shot an e-mail to the LIRC-list. I got a reply from Christoph asking why I wanted to compile a new instance, since my

Re: [mythtv-users] OT: WARNING: Error inserting ledxmit_dev

2005-01-05 Thread pete stagman
I think so, if it were the wrong kernel, wouldn't i get a lot more errors than that? --P On Wed, 2005-01-05 at 10:19, M. Barnabas Luntzel wrote: did you compile the program on the machine you're using, with the same kernel and kernel source? my biggest hassle with this was actually

[mythtv-users] OT: screwed up my install

2004-12-31 Thread Pete Stagman
Hi, I was adding a new Soundcard and hosed my mythtv setup which has been working for months now. The wife is REALLY going to be mad, she was finally getting to like myth. :P I think I blew out my modules.conf file and that is causing all the problems. X no longer works and I have no network

[mythtv-users] realmagic hollywood plus

2004-12-22 Thread Pete Stagman
I have a couple of old realmagic hollywood plus cards that I was thinking about adding into my MythTV mix. Is there support for this in FC1/MythTV? From what I can gather, I would need to pipe the vga through the decoder card then convert the vga to a TV signal (s-video or composite) because

Re: [mythtv-users] Adding a second IR controlled Dish Receiver

2004-12-21 Thread pete stagman
D'oh!!! stupid of me. That's the site I followed to setup the 2 instances of lirc in the first place. http://losdos.dyndns.org:8080/public/mythtv-info/MythTV_DISH_IR_LED_TX_via_Modified_LIRC.html Thanks for the reminder. --P On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 11:14, Joel Anderson wrote: Hi Everyone,