[mythtv-users] Can someone share some mencoder/transcode settings to convert from nuv to xvid/divx please?

2005-03-07 Thread David Morrison
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I'm sure quite a few people already have this so I thought I'd ask first instead of wading through the mencoder manual. First, I know that MythTV can do transcoding but on my system it's broken and mythtranscode doesn't run so I'm looking for an

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Torrentocracy Patch against Mythtv-cvs

2005-03-07 Thread Simon Kenyon
On Sunday 06 March 2005 04:46, Tim Sailer wrote: On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 02:51:04PM +, Simon Kenyon wrote: On Thursday 03 March 2005 20:37, Aaron Stewart wrote: And subsequently by location/listing area? That would mean that somebody in my immediate metro area, subscribing to my same

Re: [mythtv-users] Low End MythTV

2005-03-07 Thread Robert Denier
On Sun, 2005-03-06 at 23:21 -0800, Brad Templeton wrote: On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 10:38:00PM -0700, Blammo wrote: On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 09:00:19 -0800 (PST), Andrew Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are links to other low end MythTV projects included and a discussion of my project. I'd

Re: [mythtv-users] Using older IVTV firmware version on FC3/ATRPMs?

2005-03-07 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Sunday 06 March 2005 14:50, Niklas Brunlid wrote: How do I get a system installed on FC3 using Jarod's guide to use the firmware in pvr48wdm_1.8.22037.exe (the one recommended on the wiki)? I used that one for a _long_ time on my box when it was running Gentoo and never had any playback

Re: [mythtv-users] $30 FX5200 at CompUSA

2005-03-07 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Sunday 06 March 2005 13:13, Brad Templeton wrote: On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 11:35:02AM -0600, Josh Burks wrote: I don't really have anything to help, I just wanted to point out that Compusa also has Hauppauge WinTV Go cards for $20 (after instant rebate, not mailin). surplus computers

Re: [mythtv-users] Dual HDTV Tuner Requirements

2005-03-07 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Sunday 06 March 2005 13:02, Brad Templeton wrote: On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 07:59:10AM -0500, Jonathan M. Cooper wrote: Thanks for your response. Does that mean that PIP is not feasible with, say, a P4 3.2GHz? I remain curious as to why people want PiP when they have MythTV. Many people

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Channel 7/SBS AU, Can't Tune DVB-T, What the FEC?

2005-03-07 Thread David Whyte
Thanks very, very much Dave, I added the transport stream as per your suggestion and also replaced my ariel cable as mine had a gender changer on it which may have been preventing a strong signal. I got Seven straight away but still couldn't get SBS. I can't get it on normal TV though so I

Re: [mythtv-users] Database backup

2005-03-07 Thread anders smith
Yes... . Thankyou! It works great for me now that I got it out of crontab and into a small script... anders On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 18:16:05 -0500, Paul K [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you! Paul ___ mythtv-users mailing list

Re: [mythtv-users] Database backup

2005-03-07 Thread David Whyte
Yup, I copied it too just before I did y 0.17 backup. No it runs as a daily cron job and I feel much warmer inside. Thanks mate ;) On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 10:23:40 +0100, anders smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes... . Thankyou! It works great for me now that I got it out of crontab and into a

[mythtv-users] Choppy MythMusic with usb Extigy

2005-03-07 Thread John Kondis
I am using 0.17 with a combined frontend/backend utilizing a PVR-350. Platform is SuSE 9.2 on a 566 Celeron. All the myth stuff is compiled from source. I've attached a Creative Extigy usb audio device that uses /dev/dsp. I am loading snd-usb-audio on boot. My problem is I get very choppy

[mythtv-users] Note on Hauppauge S-Video adapter

2005-03-07 Thread John Kondis
I don't know about others' experiences, but I tried to use the composite-to-s-video adapter that came with my Hauppauge 350 and the result was ugly. The colors were all messed up big time. Interestingly, the degree to which the colors were fubar'ed depended on which channel I was tuned to! For

[mythtv-users] MythTV won't display recorded programs

2005-03-07 Thread Rickard Olsson
My MythTV box (MythTV 0.17, Gentoo Linux 2.6.11, ASUS Pundit-S with DVB Nova-T) filled up its /var/video partition (100 GB XFS) recently. At around the same time, it stopped displaying the recorded programs, both in the frontend and MythWeb. They are in the recorded table in the database as

Re: [mythtv-users] ABC2 in Australia

2005-03-07 Thread David Whyte
I have tried modifying the Brisbane section of the tv_grab_au script that was distributed on this list but my channel seems to be populated with the data for SBS! I have the xmltv listing name setup right, and it matches the code and eveything, but I get SBS! Strange :| On Mon, 7 Mar 2005

[mythtv-users] Cleaning up the channels DB

2005-03-07 Thread David Whyte
In my upgrade to 0.17 I really screwed things up! In the end I delted the channels and set them up again, but not in the exact same way. Now, I am trying to add ABC2 (a new aussie channel) but it is picking up the data for a channel which I cannot tune (SBS) and so generally hide. The following

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: [Improving] The Current State of Myth - DVD

2005-03-07 Thread Cory Papenfuss
1) use nuvexport to export the sql/nuv version of the file If you've got an active cutlist from MythTV, it's in the .sql file 2) rename the .nuv to a .mpg Not really necessary... gopdit can load it anyway. 3) use gopdit to (manually) cut the commercials 4) pass to replex from within gopdit

[mythtv-users] Wanted : Patch for 0.16 unreclaimed disk space issue

2005-03-07 Thread Richard and Monica Bland
All, I'm running the 0.16 tarball and am experiencing the CVS-fixed problem of recordings not deleting 'properly' and leaving disk space unreclaimed. I don't want to upgrade to 0.17 yet (heavy DVB issues), and seemed to remember reading the fix for the above was just a couple of lines worth of

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: [Improving] The Current State of Myth - DVD

2005-03-07 Thread John Williams
If anyone else wants to beat me to either of these steps, feel free; it could take me a while... I've already manually done it. I took a cutlist out of MythTV's exported .sql file, and put it in the .RTV format that gopdit liked. I think with a quick sed/awk of the .sql file, it

Re: [mythtv-users] DVB-C and mythfilldatabase?

2005-03-07 Thread David Morrison
Johan Kihlstrvm wrote: Hello all, Have been using MythTV on and off for a while, started with an analogue TV card but are now upgraded to a DVB-C card with CI/CAM, which to my amazement actually worked as soon as I updated to 2.6.11 kernel... Ran mythtv-setup and found all my channels (and

Re: [mythtv-users] Low End MythTV

2005-03-07 Thread Cory Papenfuss
Generally, you really want to record either 240 or 480 lines, though I guess you can go below 240 because once you convert to 240 you no longer have interlacing issues the same way. 240 lines is considered the resolution of VHS tapes, but good broadcast has the full 480 (interlaced) and a DVD has

Re: [mythtv-users] GOPchop and split_mpeg

2005-03-07 Thread Cory Papenfuss
On Sun, 6 Mar 2005, Chris Birkinshaw wrote: I am trying to split a 6GB nuv file recorded with my DVB card into chunks small enough to fit onto DVD, however am not having any luck. I tried dvb-split_mpg filename.nuv 1000, but it just returned the usage information: usage: split_mpg filename

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: [Improving] The Current State of Myth - DVD

2005-03-07 Thread Cory Papenfuss
I've already manually done it. I took a cutlist out of MythTV's exported .sql file, and put it in the .RTV format that gopdit liked. I think with a quick sed/awk of the .sql file, it could be easily converted into something directly importable to gopdit. My first thuoght for changing the

Re: [mythtv-users] GOPchop and split_mpeg

2005-03-07 Thread Johannes Becker
I have used mpgtx to split large .nuv files (from PVR x50)successfully. Johannes On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 06:51:50 -0500 (EST), Cory Papenfuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 6 Mar 2005, Chris Birkinshaw wrote: I am trying to split a 6GB nuv file recorded with my DVB card into chunks

Re: [mythtv-users] Channel 7/SBS AU, Can't Tune DVB-T, What the FEC?

2005-03-07 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 03:38:59AM +1000, David Whyte wrote: I am unable to tune both SBS and Seven in Brisbane. I just upgraded to 0.17 (hence why I am still awake at 3:30am) and managed to get ten, nine and abc running, but not seven or SBS. I never had SBS going on 0.16 but never

Re: [mythtv-users] Using older IVTV firmware version on FC3/ATRPMs?

2005-03-07 Thread Niklas Brunlid
On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 13:24:47 +0100, Niklas Brunlid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 00:52:27 -0800, Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 06 March 2005 14:50, Niklas Brunlid wrote: How do I get a system installed on FC3 using Jarod's guide to use the firmware in

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Channel 7/SBS AU, Can't Tune DVB-T, What the FEC?

2005-03-07 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 08:39:35PM +1000, David Whyte wrote: So I took a look at the DB and the way the channel table keys into the dtv_multiplex table and while it seems like I could update using some SQL, I am a bit against the idea given I a not too sure what the other values should be for

Re: [mythtv-users] Australian Setup Help Needed

2005-03-07 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 10:33:38AM +0800, Tj wrote: I only have a standard Definition card atm, so that wont help. Try the freq nonetheless, maybe they'll work? Nup, the digital channels are on different frequencies. (ABC is on channel 12, for example.) Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL

Re: [mythtv-users] Australian Setup Help Needed

2005-03-07 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 03:41:47PM +1100, Hurgh wrote: Anyone got anything to share with the DVB card that they are using and if they like it, how much effort was it to get going in linux and how much did you get it for and was it brought in aus, or online. I've got a couple of KWorld Xpert

Re: [mythtv-users] Database backup

2005-03-07 Thread Kai Fritzowsky
Hello everyone! On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 07:32:03PM +1000, David Whyte wrote: Yup, I copied it too just before I did y 0.17 backup. No it runs as a daily cron job and I feel much warmer inside. Although the posted backup skript is working fine, I improved it a bit, so that it uses

Re: [mythtv-users] Australian Setup Help Needed

2005-03-07 Thread Philip Nelson
On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 23:45, Hamish Moffatt wrote: On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 03:41:47PM +1100, Hurgh wrote: Anyone got anything to share with the DVB card that they are using and if they like it, how much effort was it to get going in linux and how much did you get it for and was it brought in

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV (PAL) but recording switches PVR-350 t o NTSC

2005-03-07 Thread Neil Bird
Around about 02/03/05 18:45, Jarod Wilson typed ... Why on earth would you think Black and White video looks like NTSC? We've had color television programming for quite some time over here... :-) Traditionally, if you have a PAL TV that doesnt understand NTSC but can cope with the sync. diff.,

Re: [mythtv-users] Upgrade disaster. Thread 1: mythconverg

2005-03-07 Thread Neil Bird
Around about 06/03/05 23:19, Martin Brown typed ... Yes, I ran src/mythtv/setup/setup. This didn't do anything to the database. I don't see mythtvsetup anywhere. ?? Whatever it's called, the myth prog. that you run initially to add tuners/channels/etc. May be mythsetup. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[mythtv-users] UK DVB-T card recommendations

2005-03-07 Thread Nigel Metheringham
I'm looking at building myself a Myth box. I'm aiming to have a couple of DVB-T cards in there as the main sources, and probably another analogue input card (we have a Sky box so its likely to be hooked to there with maybe a short term attachment to a VCR whilst any required tapes are

[mythtv-users] (Almost) A small victory for consumers in the US

2005-03-07 Thread Greg Depasse
As reported in engadget (http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000683034752/): The Hollywood studios don't much like it at all, but Congress is finally going to bat for the right of consumers to enjoy movies they way they want to. It just happens to be in protection of censorware programs like

Re: [mythtv-users] Washed out color with nVidia 5200

2005-03-07 Thread Adam Egger
Carl Alexander wrote: I second this plea. My nVidia 5700 just doesn't match straight TV. I'm not sure how much this is the nVidia, and how much is the PVR 350 doesn't do as good a job rendering the NTSP signal to digital as the analogue tuner in the TV does. I own a fanless Nvidia 5200. It's

Re: [mythtv-users] 1hr show == 66 minutes?

2005-03-07 Thread Andrew Gallatin
Andy Rabin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been seeing this as well. I did a search on the forum, and found similar problems that seemed to be fixed by doing an error check on the mythconverg database, and then re-commercial flagging the shows. After doing all that, my problem did not go

[mythtv-users] ivtv-0.2 vs ivtv-0.3

2005-03-07 Thread sigurdne
Anyone know what ist the difference between ivtv-0.2 and ivtv-0.3 ? Sigurd ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] 1hr show == 66 minutes?

2005-03-07 Thread James Armstrong
Andrew Gallatin wrote: Andy Rabin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been seeing this as well. I did a search on the forum, and found similar problems that seemed to be fixed by doing an error check on the mythconverg database, and then re-commercial flagging the shows. After doing all that, my

Re: [mythtv-users] HELP about TV output

2005-03-07 Thread Ashu Desai
Hi, I tried what you said, it didn't work. So I thought I should try with the highest number 1 and then go down as needed. That didn't work either. The blue line remains there. I even tried to reboot after the changes, thinking that maybe that's where the problem is. It's like nothing works!!!

Re: [mythtv-users] 1hr show == 66 minutes?

2005-03-07 Thread cythraul
Hi, I've seen a similar behaviour on my DVB-S recordings. Changing the use video as time base (or something familiar) in payback settings solved this. Good day, cyth ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org

Re: [mythtv-users] very serious A/V sync issues

2005-03-07 Thread Matt Vollmar
Marcel Janssen wrote: On Sunday 06 March 2005 22:57, Marcel Janssen wrote: On Sunday 06 March 2005 22:34, Marcel Janssen wrote: Hi, When I record a program in mythtv it plays out of sync in mythtv (audio is up to 2 seconds ahead of video) mplayer plays the recorded files (the nuv files I

[mythtv-users] mythFM

2005-03-07 Thread sigurdne
Anyone tried mythFM-0.15.1 with mythtv 0.17? Sigurd ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] reccomendations for wireless PCI nic

2005-03-07 Thread Andrew Gallatin
Keith Olsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looking around I found a few resources for wirelss under Linux, but they seem to refer to cards that are no longer marketed anybody have a reccomendations for something currently available with good support under linux? I'm using a D-Link DWL-G510

Re: [mythtv-users] Thinking of Switching from Cable to DirectTv

2005-03-07 Thread David George
On 3/6/2005 4:18 PM, Brad Templeton wrote: But in general, analog cable is _so_ much better than satellite or digital cable when it comes to a PVR. Pros: Guaranteed channel changes, tuning is instant (even though there is still a delay to restart the digital capture in your PVR)

Re: [mythtv-users] UK DVB-T card recommendations

2005-03-07 Thread Tom Hughes
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nigel Metheringham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Vision Plus Digital TV PCI Tuner Card - looks like this is around 50 I'm using two of these in my box with Freeview and they seem to be working fine. Tom -- Tom Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: [mythtv-users] (Almost) A small victory for consumers in the US

2005-03-07 Thread Scott Minneman
Seems analogous to me. What should it matter if the two-minute stretch that you're removing is a sex scene, a graphic disembowelment, or a commercial break? That said, the advertisers could respond with the argument that skipping part of a movie is different than skipping commercials, because

Re: [mythtv-users] Programs Listed, But Deleted

2005-03-07 Thread Chris Pinkham
That's a *feature* of 0.17 and fixed in CVS from what I hear. You have to delete recordings through the UI in 0.17. The only thing that was fixed is the ability to delete recordings from the database when the file was never even created. If you mess with Myth and manually delete or move files

Re: [mythtv-users] Low End MythTV

2005-03-07 Thread Andrew Lynch
--- Blammo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 09:00:19 -0800 (PST), Andrew Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are links to other low end MythTV projects included and a discussion of my project. I'd like to include other peoples low end MythTV projects so reply here or

[mythtv-users] Gentoo, PVR350, ivtv and Xorg 6.8.0 NO ivtvdev

2005-03-07 Thread Greg Miller
I hope that this isn't too far off topic. I am posting here because I assume that others are or were in my position. I recently decided to bite the bullet ate buy a PVR 350 mainly to get a decent quality TV output. I am running Gentoo withe kernel 2.6.8, DVBand Xorg6.8.0. I was able to

Re: [mythtv-users] Gentoo, PVR350, ivtv and Xorg 6.8.0 NO ivtvdev

2005-03-07 Thread John Harvey
The binary version should run fine for a 32 bit Xorg as well. I am not sure what version of ivtv you are using but assuming it is recent version then the ivtvdev_drv.o is bundled with the ivtv releases (on ivtv.no-ip.info). The latest (fastest) ones are not available for download individually at

Re: [mythtv-users] Washed out color with nVidia 5200

2005-03-07 Thread Brandon Beattie
On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 02:28:42PM +0100, Adam Egger wrote: Carl Alexander wrote: I second this plea. My nVidia 5700 just doesn't match straight TV. I'm not sure how much this is the nVidia, and how much is the PVR 350 doesn't do as good a job rendering the NTSP signal to digital as the

Re: [mythtv-users] Gentoo, PVR350, ivtv and Xorg 6.8.0 NO ivtvdev

2005-03-07 Thread Jeff Simpson
it def does work. I have the same setup almost exactly, gentoo with kernel 2.6.9, xorg 6.8.0-r3, pvr350 (rev990) my xorg.conf file: http://jeff.jeffornot.com/XF86Config the startup script I'm using for myth: http://jeff.jeffornot.com/start_myth.sh (both of those files probably have a LOT of

[mythtv-users] Button font size in MythTV

2005-03-07 Thread Kevin Kuphal
I recently upgraded from QT3.1 to QT3.3 on my RH9 based system for what I thought was a compiliation issue but wasn't. Anyways, the result was that the text of the buttons in the QT portions of MythTV (pop-up boxes, setup dialog boxes) got larger as a result. I turned the font in the

Re: [mythtv-users] Understanding PVR 350 output options

2005-03-07 Thread Dan Wilga
At 10:53 AM -0700 3/4/05, jgmtfia Mr wrote: One problem when using the PVR350 within myth is that when leaving the program guide, live tv takes 10 to 20 seconds to display again, and in Personally, I just press the FFWD button on my remote. It usually does not affect the position of the video

Re: [mythtv-users] ivtv-0.2 vs ivtv-0.3

2005-03-07 Thread jerome lacoste
On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 14:36:01 +0100, sigurdne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone know what ist the difference between ivtv-0.2 and ivtv-0.3 ? stable and development branch from what I know. 0.3 branch contains initial supports for the PVR150 and 500. I am not 100% sure. Check the docs if you can

Re: [mythtv-users] Hauppauge WINTV-PVR-500MCE

2005-03-07 Thread Matt S.
So, just to jump in here. I currently have 2 PVR-250s. I really need at least 1 more source, and I don't know if it's best to invest in another PVR-250, or a 150 or a 500. It looks like the 500 (and 150) are really still in development to the point that it wouldn't be a simple plug and play.

Re: [mythtv-users] How I got great quality TV-out on my nVidia MX4000

2005-03-07 Thread Neil Brideau
This is a great post! Im looking forward to trying this. Thanks for sharing the knowledge. Will Dormann wrote: I recently added an nVidia graphics card to my Asus Pundit, in hopes of improving the TV-out quality. The onboard SIS chip isn't bad, but I figured I could do better. After

[mythtv-users] Firewire for recording and channel changing

2005-03-07 Thread Peter Judge
Hi, As of 0.17, I can record from a STB via firewire. I can also change channels on my STB via firewire. Can I do both contemporaneously? Regards, Peter ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org

Re: [mythtv-users] Firewire for recording and channel changing

2005-03-07 Thread Ian Forde
On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 16:07 +, Peter Judge wrote: Hi, As of 0.17, I can record from a STB via firewire. I can also change channels on my STB via firewire. Can I do both contemporaneously? Yep! -Ian ___ mythtv-users mailing list

Re: [mythtv-users] Firewire for recording and channel changing

2005-03-07 Thread Nathan Poznick
Thus spake Peter Judge: Hi, As of 0.17, I can record from a STB via firewire. I can also change channels on my STB via firewire. Can I do both contemporaneously? If you're asking if MythTV (using the 6200ch program in the contrib directory) can change the channels via firewire before it

RE: [mythtv-users] Gentoo, PVR350, ivtv and Xorg 6.8.0 NO ivtvdev

2005-03-07 Thread Greg Miller
I tried the latest 0.2 release of ivtv with the same results. I really appreciate the assistance. Greg. Here is the output from startx [EMAIL PROTECTED] greg $ startx -display=0:0 X Window System Version 6.8.0 Release Date: 8 September 2004 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8 Build

Re: [mythtv-users] Looking for Ultimate Frontend-only...

2005-03-07 Thread drbob
Brad wrote: I've been looking for the perfect frontend (only) machine for MythTV, and am amazed that I can't find anything that fits my criteria. Have you thought about a modded xbox? $120 for the console (£99 in the UK) You'll be able to boot linux on it and it fits most of your criteria (you

Re: [mythtv-users] DV Recording via IEEE-1394 Firewire with MythTV

2005-03-07 Thread Jon Eklund
On Saturday, March 05, 2005, at 04:08PM, Ian Forde [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as editing goes, that's an entirely different story. Or maybe not. Once you've got video into myth, you can cut with the commercial editor, but as far as full editing goes, that's probably suited to a

Re: [mythtv-users] Gentoo, PVR350, ivtv and Xorg 6.8.0 NO ivtvdev

2005-03-07 Thread Jeff Simpson
What are the same results? Does X crash, or just not load? does the system freeze? Are you getting any errors? The only one I see in the log is this one: (EE) IVTVDEV(0): FBIOPAN_DISPLAY: Invalid argument But I get that error all the time. Try changing which fb you are using, and if none of

[mythtv-users] Re: very serious A/V sync issues

2005-03-07 Thread Robson Braga Araujo
On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 08:49:05AM -0500, Matt Vollmar wrote: Sounds to me like the opengl_vsync issue. You need to recompile Myth without opengl_vsync set. I don't think anyone has found a different work-around. I did this and everything was peachy. It's worth a try, anyway. Search

Re: [mythtv-users] Looking for Ultimate Frontend-only...

2005-03-07 Thread Nicholas McCoy
I'm looking for about the same thing. Heres the crazy scheme I've got in my head somewhere. I like the Epia boards, they are really flexible. I'm planning a network boot system so I don't need any drives. The price isn't too bad without the case. So I thought I'd build my own. Someone else

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: very serious A/V sync issues

2005-03-07 Thread Matt S.
I'm having a similar issue. What happens is that I'll make a cutlist based on the commercial detection. Then, I'll transcode (although I'm not sure it would matter if I didn't). When I play the recording, everything is great until I hit the cutlist. The video directly after the cut plays slow

Re: [mythtv-users] How I got great quality TV-out on my nVidia MX4000

2005-03-07 Thread Brian J. Murrell
On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 14:35 -0500, Will Dormann wrote: After tweaking settings for quite a bit, here's how I achieved what I believe to be the optimal output. Hrm. Optimal meaning as good as it can get with this card but not quite ultimate?, or do you believe you have a TV-Out signal that

Re: [mythtv-users] UK DVB-T card recommendations

2005-03-07 Thread Robin Elvin
On Monday 07 March 2005 13:19, Nigel Metheringham wrote: I'm looking at building myself a Myth box. I'm aiming to have a couple of DVB-T cards in there as the main sources, and probably another analogue input card (we have a Sky box so its likely to be hooked to there with maybe a short term

Re: [mythtv-users] Thinking of Switching from Cable to DirectTv

2005-03-07 Thread David George
On 3/7/2005 10:49 AM, Dave Packham wrote: Would you mind sharing your scripts? They aren't actually my scripts, just a script that I found that has worked perfectly for me. Here you go: http://mythhd.info/directv.html -- David ___ mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] very serious A/V sync issues

2005-03-07 Thread Marcel Janssen
Hello Matt, Sounds to me like the opengl_vsync issue. You need to recompile Myth without opengl_vsync set. I don't think anyone has found a different work-around. I did this and everything was peachy. It's worth a try, anyway. Search for it on the list if you aren't sure what this means.

Re: [mythtv-users] Channel Changer Script error

2005-03-07 Thread Carl Petersen
LarryX, Much thanks, that did it! Carl LarryX wrote: the Dragon King wrote: my $serial=init_serial(/dev/cua0,9600); try changing '/dev/cua0' to 'dev/ttys0' I have a directtv box and in all the scripts I've seen this this is ttys0...ttys3 depending on which serial port your cable is connected.

[mythtv-users] Hauppauge grey remote without a PVR250.

2005-03-07 Thread Simon Lundell
Hi! I have a diskless frontend, and have my desktop as a backend. When using the desktop as frontend i will use the keyboard as input, but, i would like to use the grey hauppauge remote on my frontend. The problem is that the PVR250 is in the backend. So, is it possible to modify the hauppauge

[mythtv-users] Re: very serious A/V sync issues

2005-03-07 Thread Axel Thimm
On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 08:49:05AM -0500, Matt Vollmar wrote: Marcel Janssen wrote: On Sunday 06 March 2005 22:57, Marcel Janssen wrote: On Sunday 06 March 2005 22:34, Marcel Janssen wrote: When I record a program in mythtv it plays out of sync in mythtv (audio is up to 2 seconds ahead of

[mythtv-users] Re: very serious A/V sync issues

2005-03-07 Thread Axel Thimm
On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 06:25:47PM +0100, Marcel Janssen wrote: Sounds to me like the opengl_vsync issue. You need to recompile Myth without opengl_vsync set. I don't think anyone has found a different work-around. I did this and everything was peachy. It's worth a try, anyway. Search

[mythtv-users] Re: very serious A/V sync issues

2005-03-07 Thread Marcel Janssen
On Monday 07 March 2005 18:31, Axel Thimm wrote: Did 0.16 work (the packages are still up there)? Actually 0.16 worked well. I am downgrading now so I'll try when that's ready and report the results back. Regards, Marcel ___ mythtv-users mailing

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: very serious A/V sync issues

2005-03-07 Thread Chris Pinkham
I'm having a similar issue. What happens is that I'll make a cutlist based on the commercial detection. Then, I'll transcode (although I'm not sure it would matter if I didn't). When I play the recording, everything is great until I hit the cutlist. The video directly after the cut plays

[mythtv-users] compile error on cvs

2005-03-07 Thread Sigurd Nes
Did a fresh checkout of mythtv - after a while I got: videoout_xv.cpp:410: error: 'GetMythTVGeometry' undeclared Sigurd ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] compile error on cvs

2005-03-07 Thread Nicholas McCoy
Theres a little talk about this in mythtv-dev. http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/115487 On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 18:54:41 +0100, Sigurd Nes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did a fresh checkout of mythtv - after a while I got: videoout_xv.cpp:410: error: 'GetMythTVGeometry' undeclared

[mythtv-users] Re: very serious A/V sync issues

2005-03-07 Thread Marcel Janssen
On Monday 07 March 2005 18:31, Axel Thimm wrote: Did 0.16 work (the packages are still up there)? Hmm, a downgrade is not as easy as it seems. I had the visor theme installed and after downgrading, the mythfrontend won't start because it can't the theme. I thought just look for the config file

[mythtv-users] Re: [CRASH] while starting LiveTV

2005-03-07 Thread jerome lacoste
On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 15:50:17 +0100, jerome lacoste [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Struggling to get the PVR-350 working. Front end crashes. Sometimes video appear for some 1/10 of seconds, most of the time it doesn't appear at all. Enough to get a backtrace. Probably not meaningfull as I am not using

[mythtv-users] Re: very serious A/V sync issues -0.16 works well

2005-03-07 Thread Marcel Janssen
On Monday 07 March 2005 18:31, Axel Thimm wrote: Did 0.16 work (the packages are still up there)? I just managed to downgrade to 0.16. 0.16 works well. Audio/Video is well in sync both with live TV and recorded shows. How can get any usefull debug data from 0.17 to find what is wrong ?

[mythtv-users] Re: Hauppauge grey remote without a PVR250.

2005-03-07 Thread Robson Braga Araujo
On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 06:30:37PM +0100, Simon Lundell wrote: Hi! I have a diskless frontend, and have my desktop as a backend. When using the desktop as frontend i will use the keyboard as input, but, i would like to use the grey hauppauge remote on my frontend. The problem is that the

[mythtv-users] Re: very serious A/V sync issues -0.16 works well

2005-03-07 Thread Axel Thimm
On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 07:24:12PM +0100, Marcel Janssen wrote: On Monday 07 March 2005 18:31, Axel Thimm wrote: Did 0.16 work (the packages are still up there)? I just managed to downgrade to 0.16. 0.16 works well. Audio/Video is well in sync both with live TV and recorded shows.

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Hauppauge grey remote without a PVR250.

2005-03-07 Thread Simon Lundell
Do you have any details? A circuit description would be perfect, but I guess that you don't have one. Do you have any IDs of the components, or a link ti this guy, or something? Best wishes, Simon Robson Braga Araujo wrote: On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 06:30:37PM +0100, Simon Lundell wrote: Hi! I

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Hauppauge grey remote without a PVR250.

2005-03-07 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Monday 07 March 2005 10:56, Simon Lundell wrote: Do you have any details? A circuit description would be perfect, but I guess that you don't have one. Do you have any IDs of the components, or a link ti this guy, or something? http://www.lirc.org/ Robson Braga Araujo wrote: On Mon, Mar

Re: [mythtv-users] HELP about TV output

2005-03-07 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Monday 07 March 2005 05:44, Ashu Desai wrote: Hi, I tried what you said, it didn't work. So I thought I should try with the highest number 1 and then go down as needed. That didn't work either. The blue line remains there. I even tried to reboot after the changes, thinking that maybe

Re: [mythtv-users] ivtv-0.2 vs ivtv-0.3

2005-03-07 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Monday 07 March 2005 07:47, jerome lacoste wrote: On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 14:36:01 +0100, sigurdne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone know what ist the difference between ivtv-0.2 and ivtv-0.3 ? stable and development branch from what I know. Correct. 0.3 branch contains initial supports for

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV (PAL) but recording switches PVR-350 t o NTSC

2005-03-07 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Monday 07 March 2005 05:05, Neil Bird wrote: Around about 02/03/05 18:45, Jarod Wilson typed ... Why on earth would you think Black and White video looks like NTSC? We've had color television programming for quite some time over here... :-) Traditionally, if you have a PAL TV that

RE: [mythtv-users] Re: Avoid Suse for mythtv (database issues)

2005-03-07 Thread Greg
* Andy Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005-03-06 21:40]: Just curious... but what's with all the distro hating lately? Hating is a bit strong, just people expressing their preference. I don't think there's enough emotion involved to call it hating. Some distros are just better than

Re: [mythtv-users] Hauppauge WINTV-PVR-500MCE

2005-03-07 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Monday 07 March 2005 07:56, Matt S. wrote: So, just to jump in here. I currently have 2 PVR-250s. I really need at least 1 more source, and I don't know if it's best to invest in another PVR-250, or a 150 or a 500. It looks like the 500 (and 150) are really still in development to the

Re: [mythtv-users] New Gentoo Myth Install - No Sound

2005-03-07 Thread jl
I spent a very long time with the same problem - 3 sound cards, 2 sets of speakers - even headphones! If I remeber correctly (knew I was going to forget) I think alsactl store finally saved the mixer settings so I could get sound out of the speakers. If that isn't it start looking for how to

Re: [mythtv-users] Avoid Suse for mythtv (database issues)

2005-03-07 Thread Donavan Stanley
On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 13:51:18 -0700, Justin Gombos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Scott Minneman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005-03-05 21:13]: Glad Knoppmyth worked for you, but it didn't for me. Neither did FC3, Debian, or SuSE. Just to add to that, I recommend against Suse for those who are not

Re: [mythtv-users] New Gentoo Myth Install - No Sound

2005-03-07 Thread Craig Partin
On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 13:25:05 -0600, jl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I spent a very long time with the same problem - 3 sound cards, 2 sets of speakers - even headphones! If I remeber correctly (knew I was going to forget) I think alsactl store finally saved the mixer settings so I could get

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: very serious A/V sync issues

2005-03-07 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Monday 07 March 2005 09:30, Axel Thimm wrote: Sounds to me like the opengl_vsync issue. You need to recompile Myth without opengl_vsync set. Since Marcel is using ATrpms' build, he shouldn't have opengl_vsync built in. You sure about that, Axel? From the spec file: %if

Re: [mythtv-users] lircd.conf and lircrc for Xbox remote

2005-03-07 Thread Ben Holt
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 09:25:49 -0800, Joe Rizzo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which lircd.conf should I use? This is the one I'm using with xebian: # # LIRCD configuration file for Xbox DVD Kit # # Marko Friedemann [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # # brand: Microsoft # model: Xbox DVD

[mythtv-users] Re: very serious A/V sync issues -0.16 works well

2005-03-07 Thread Marcel Janssen
On Monday 07 March 2005 19:32, Axel Thimm wrote: After a couple of builds and tests you should be able to spot the commit that broke your system. Unfortunately builds take a while. I know, so will try this next weekend I think. I'll get on this when I have found something or at least minimised

Re: [mythtv-users] New Gentoo Myth Install - No Sound

2005-03-07 Thread Michael Haan
I'm mid re-install even as I write this. I was tring to avoid alsa n/c ultimately I want to use my board's spdif out and, frankly, under alsa this appeared to complex. I guess we'll see. On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 14:43:48 -0500, Craig Partin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 13:25:05

[mythtv-users] Problem skipping forward/back

2005-03-07 Thread Obie Fayth
I recently upgraded to v0.17 and had a strange problem with my remote frontend where skipping forward or back was extremely slow and commercial skipping cutpoints were not being recognized. Also, when I first started to play the recording the total time displayed would slowly change as though

[mythtv-users] Lirc and MythGame

2005-03-07 Thread Lane Schwartz
Has anyone been successful in getting fceu-sdl (NES emulator) to recognize key events sent by irxevent? Specifically, I'm trying to map the EXIT key on my remote control to send ESC to fceu-sdl, to exit the game. Right now I have to hit ESC on the keyboard to exit the emulator. My remote works

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: very serious A/V sync issues

2005-03-07 Thread Gabe Rubin
I thought just look for the config file and change the theme name, but I can't find a config file for mythtv ??!! Where are these settings stored ? They are in the mythconverge db. If you are as bad with mysql as I am , apt-get install phpmyadmin which is a webfrontend to edit.

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