Mailing List Archive by Gossamer Threads http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/ en-us (c) Gossamer Threads Inc. All rights reserved. 06 Oct 2008 20:47:07 -0800 120 75 23 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/ http://www.gossamer-threads.com/images/lists/rss_logo.jpg I have a transport stream I captured from firewire and it won't play. The frontend log shows: 2008-10-06 17:58:42.131 Tuning to 'MPEG Program 0' pnu 06 Oct 2008 19:25:24 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352409 I just installed Mythbuntu 8.04.1 last week when I rebuilt my box. I had been using Fedora 8 x86_64 previously and I have to say that the installat 06 Oct 2008 19:00:14 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352408 I just popped in a DVD and tried using the Internal player in MythVideo (Setup> Video Settins > Player Settings > DVD Player Command: "internal"), and 06 Oct 2008 16:20:08 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352388 How do I force QAM256 for tuning? After fighting with the cable and digital tuners (present in both a HDHR and pcHDTV-5500) for a while, I have found 06 Oct 2008 15:21:54 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352363 How to tell which back end is supplying programming... I am trying to track down some occsional stuttering. It's not the content as I can play back 06 Oct 2008 15:02:15 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352359 I've just converted my frontends and backend to Centos 5. Mythweb works fine except for listings. The page comes up blank. Any ideas? I've googl 06 Oct 2008 14:51:22 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352355 It turns out that closed captions are a key part of the WAF. Normally, MythTV's cc support seems great, but there are some problems with transcoding. 06 Oct 2008 14:44:50 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352354 I have a Gentoo backend running mythtv 0.21_p18314. I have two Hauppauge PVR-1600 tuners connected to my Comcast analog NTSC analog cable feed. I ha 06 Oct 2008 13:25:14 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352343 Just out of curiousity, what kind of setups do our list regulars (or anyone!) have? ie., How many backends, frontends, which tuner card(s), remote(s), 06 Oct 2008 12:51:22 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352337 My university, Queensland University of Technology, has a gang working it with prostitutes, but their intent is much more serious. There are at leas 06 Oct 2008 12:14:15 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352332 I've seen this asked a few times, but not many answers... Is there an MSN Messenger type client which integrates nicely with myth? It looks like aMS 06 Oct 2008 09:58:09 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352321 Hi, Everyone, I noticed that mythtv doesn't have Simplified-Chinese menu yet, neither frontend or backend. I am interested to do the translation, sin 06 Oct 2008 08:16:25 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352300 I know its likely a long shot but I figured this group would know. I did a few quick searches on the net with nothing turning up. I just acquired an 06 Oct 2008 07:41:39 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352295 As has been noted by others, the 0.21-fixes version of imdb.pl no longer downloads movie posters correctly. I'm attaching a shell script to download 06 Oct 2008 06:31:01 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352292 Hey Guys. Since I have build my own MythTV center at home - I have looked for the best solution to get the satelite signal into the Center. And for n 06 Oct 2008 01:48:22 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352272 Is there a way in myth to make an audio CD from a list of mp3 files? k3b can do this nicely, but not sure if there is a way to do the same within myth 05 Oct 2008 19:45:18 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352263 Hi, I'm a long time mythtv user and I am run mythbackend on a lightweight ubuntu server with a dual USB DVB-T tuner. For the frontends I have mostly 05 Oct 2008 14:35:55 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352241 I am installing Mythtv on Fedora 9 w/ livna. But there are lots of dependencies that I do not want. How can I block them? I don't want things lik 05 Oct 2008 11:55:35 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352230 What is the difference between 'time to record before start of show' found in TV/General and 'Default start early' found in Recording Priorities? ___ 05 Oct 2008 11:50:48 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352229 Is there any way to change the default duplicate detection method to subtitle then description instead of subtitle and description? _________________ 05 Oct 2008 11:45:08 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352228 Hi! A little story about my media center project with linux using Ubuntu/Mythbuntu (>=8,04) for better understand. I have a _TV Card ASUS My Cinem 05 Oct 2008 11:07:56 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352225 i'm trying to get an hdhr going and it sort of works but the myth scan misses a lot of channels that i can tune with hdhomerun_config and vlc so i tho 05 Oct 2008 08:39:56 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352222 I'm going to have to build an external HD enclosure. What do people do for power supplies? Power itself shouldn't be a problem; assuming a drive c 05 Oct 2008 07:25:52 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352211 I recently reinstalled my whole system with latest mythbuntu, guess they are using 0.21-fixes. Before i was using something from trunk, a few months a 05 Oct 2008 04:18:24 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352202 Hi, I can't seem to make theme caching to work. I'm booting from a USB stick and I've used minimyth tools to save the current theme cache to conf-rw. 04 Oct 2008 23:19:12 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352196 Hello, I wanted to let everyone know that I now have nightly SVN Mac OSX "Universal" builds of MythTV frontend and backend on http://www.thesnid 04 Oct 2008 19:36:37 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352190 I'm getting ready to upgrade my distro and am seeking advice on how to migrate the database. I was going to just copy the whole thing but thought t 04 Oct 2008 18:14:18 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352178 Show of hands, please, how many people use firewire with comcast in Mountain View, CA? Just like Dejan on this page: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/ind 04 Oct 2008 17:22:49 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352176 Hey, folks. Long-time mythtv user, here. I'm running 0.21-fixes via SVN, and I recently rebuilt my setup from scratch. Only one bug remains, but 04 Oct 2008 14:28:10 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352166 Although I have not gotten my Hauppauge 1600 card working yet, I did, at various times, have the cx18 driver installed and recognized. However, I ha 04 Oct 2008 14:06:06 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352161 Most of my recordings are in high definition and thus in 16:9. MythWeb preview images for them are created with the picture at the top of the 4:3-size 04 Oct 2008 13:52:11 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352160 Hi all - my Mythbox (Mythbuntu 8.04) has developed a bit of a weird quirk; it's consistent and reproducible, and although I can fix the problem manual 04 Oct 2008 13:33:26 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352158 For any of you that have found your XM menu script no longer works, I figured I would pass this on. I hacked it together real quick this afternoon 04 Oct 2008 13:16:46 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352156 Hi, A few months back when I moved to the new QT4 versions of svn head I stopped being able to run nuvexport. It wasn't a big deal at the time 04 Oct 2008 12:49:12 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352153 Hope I don't ruffle any feathers since it's not strictly Myth related but I see so many requests around Netflix that I thought I'd share. Using a beta 04 Oct 2008 11:58:19 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352150 Has anyone tried to run the mythtv system on ReplayTv hardware? I understand that Replay is actually running a Linux kernel, so ....maybe? ________ 04 Oct 2008 08:54:36 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352130 Hi, I have been searching the internet high & low for information for how to configure LIRC to use the IR interface on the TT-2400 DVB-S satellite 04 Oct 2008 06:28:04 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352125 Hi, I'm using the latest code from 0.21 fixes branch (r18536) and trying to get a smooth h.264 playback on a Intel Core2Duo 2140 1.6 GHz. I have set 04 Oct 2008 06:06:20 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352115 I've been running pcHDTV HD5500 on MythDora 5 for 3 months with no problems until this week. This week I had 3 failed prime time recordings (file 03 Oct 2008 22:35:04 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352100 I wouldn't use KDE or Gnome for mythtv. While they're both good for desktop, they have some overhead that you don't need with mythtv and this takes up 03 Oct 2008 21:53:16 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352096 Greetings, I'm looking at starting to build my own MythTV box. I'd like to ask for suggestions / sources / experiences of and from others on this lis 03 Oct 2008 11:45:19 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352053 This one looks interesting: http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/08/10/02/2244229.shtml A PCI Express card with a Cel processor that can do h264 an 03 Oct 2008 07:02:36 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352019 First, and most importantly, I need help figuring out how to do something out of the ordinary with my recording scheduling. I have a TV series that I 03 Oct 2008 05:58:21 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352013 Just about to start getting the bits I need to build a Xbox frontend. Have found a couple of HOWTOs but any advise would be appreciated. I use Ubunt 03 Oct 2008 03:55:10 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/352006 I use mythfrontend on one monitor in a dual monitor setup and am wondering how to give it a higher priority/lower nice level as I usually am working o 02 Oct 2008 20:34:15 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351991 Suppose I have a monitor with a really nice hardware deinterlacer/scaler. ?I might like to have the mythtv frontend output a signal that depends on th 02 Oct 2008 16:45:48 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351980 Hey everyone, This is my first post to the mailing list, I tried everything I could think of to resolev this myself but to no avail. I also posted on 02 Oct 2008 15:21:13 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351972 My myth database has been around for awhile and I tend to experiment a lot with different frontends. This leads to a database with half a dozen fronte 02 Oct 2008 09:14:39 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351939 I have been plagued with dvb-usb: bulk message failed errors causing my system to slow down with a reboot being the only way to fix it. It starts when 02 Oct 2008 07:01:37 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351923 Hi guys, I am in the market for a new backend/frontend for the lounge room and I am looking for a nice looking full(not micro) case. Are there any cas 02 Oct 2008 05:13:06 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351916 Hi all, Not sure if this is the right spot, or if anyone will care for it, but I decided i'd like to build some functionality to message my mythtv ne 02 Oct 2008 00:46:01 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351906 I'm using an SPDIF optical connection from the PCs soundcard to an audio amplifier. Audio gain on MPlayer, Xine and VLC is fine. However, on mythtv 01 Oct 2008 23:07:00 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351905 I have three tuners all recording off the same video source (FTA in Australia). However two of the tuners have problems with one channel (SBS). Is t 01 Oct 2008 19:53:35 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351896 I have lost the ability to enter information into the database for my videos. The IMDb script does not return any information. So I tried to enter the 01 Oct 2008 19:47:25 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351895 Has anyone had any success making a workable frontend with a CN700 integrated video card and the built in TV-Out? I've read that it's difficult, but 01 Oct 2008 18:08:14 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351887 I record OTA DTV broadcast out of New York City. Over the past couple of weeks I've noticed two issues that only occur with recordings from NBC (chan 01 Oct 2008 15:32:38 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351871 http://developer.netflix.com/page Does this mean that all of the Netflix fans will finally be able to get their fix in MythTV? 01 Oct 2008 13:51:07 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351851 I am using Mythbuntu 7.10. I have a couple of AVI files that I playback via the Internal Player but recently they have started to break up, then jump 01 Oct 2008 13:49:42 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351849 My wife is asking whether she can watch Myth recordings from her new iPod Touch. As it runs Safari, among other things, I'm wondering if there is a wa 01 Oct 2008 13:19:34 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351842 http://www.pcworld.com/article/151725/toshiba_video_chip.html?tk=rss_news Of course it will need to cost 1/3 less and have linux support before I'd e 01 Oct 2008 12:24:55 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351837 I have tested, on my Pentium 4 3.0GHz frontend using MythVideo, the following 5.1-encoded 720p HD-PVR clips that have been posted to AVSForum: <URL:ht 01 Oct 2008 11:35:02 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351830 I recently upgraded hardware for my combo BE/FE machine running Myth 0.21_p18116 and MySQL 5.0.60-r1 on Gentoo. I built the system disk from scratc 01 Oct 2008 08:36:49 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351811 so i'm exepecting my shiny new hdhomerun today and i'm wondering what the best way to integrate it into my setup is. i currently have a master backen 01 Oct 2008 06:59:55 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351807 I wonder if some kind soul here can help me. I've installed a co-exist mythbuntu on my atv and am very close now to having it work for not only SD con 01 Oct 2008 05:30:49 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351790 I am writing a user job script in Python. This works correctly when run from a terminal. However, as a user job the Python getopt library seems to be 01 Oct 2008 03:57:42 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351788 I understand that the "F" key is supposed to allow you to adjust picture settings such as color, tint and contrast. I want to adjust the settings ins 30 Sep 2008 21:10:22 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351760 Is there a less-technical guide to setting up and using the Mythbuntu Diskless Server? I purchased an Acer Aspire One, which has a really small 8GB s 30 Sep 2008 19:47:09 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351750 For those courageous enough to be using Myth TRUNK and the HD-PVR, I am attaching a couple of patches which may be of interest to you. The first patc 30 Sep 2008 18:38:24 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351743 I am using Gentoo's mythtv-0.21_p18314 version with 1 pvr-500 and 1 hdhomerun. The volume from the PVR seems to be fine, but any recordings from the h 30 Sep 2008 18:10:59 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351738 It looks like the (recent?) changes to the Shoutcast web interface have broken Mythstream (or at least it has for me). Going through all storage area 30 Sep 2008 18:10:32 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351742 I picked up a M3N78 Pro motherboard and have been trying to get it working for weeks now. Seems to be way too new for it to work properly in linux. 30 Sep 2008 17:57:43 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351736 Hi, I had a perfectly working Myth box, and I went and broke it (kinda) by applying security updates with: aptitude update aptitude upgrade After 30 Sep 2008 17:54:28 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351735 None of the programming data is showing for any of the my digital channels. I have a Hauppauge dual tuner PVR-500 and a PCHDTV-3000 Digital tuner ca 30 Sep 2008 17:51:54 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351734 Anyone taking bets on how low analog TVs will go after January? (In the US, that is.) I'm betting that I can pick up a 25" TV at the local recycler' 30 Sep 2008 15:20:10 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351722 Hi, I want to build me a MythTV box, but I'm still a bit confused. I have spent hours and hours searching for answers. It might just be me, but some 30 Sep 2008 15:10:48 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351719 Hello all, I've been running my mythtv setup, until recently, with Hauppage 150 and 500 cards. This was fine and dandy until I decided to upg 30 Sep 2008 14:45:19 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351713 Well I am confused how to proceed. Situation is that my current Myth server is solid but I wish to add another capture card or two and the household m 30 Sep 2008 14:36:22 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351708 Allen Edwards <allen.p.edwards@gmail.com> says: > > I have a couple of inputs, one satellite (digital) and one cable (analog). > > The digital input i 30 Sep 2008 14:35:52 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351707 Hi, i'm trying to share my backend over Hamachi VPN, and I'm facing a problem. The problem is the backend says it's IP is 192.168.1.2 (which is correc 30 Sep 2008 13:49:16 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351697 http://www.tuaw.com/2008/09/27/rumor-is-the-apple-tv-being-replaced/ Also, if you are able to get to a target store today, there are reports of them 30 Sep 2008 13:36:31 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351694 so directv moved a channel on me, schedules direct has the new info but my tv listings dont yet. is there a way to refresh the channel list that wont 30 Sep 2008 13:27:20 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351693 Hi, I have an hauppauge express (bt878 based) card. The audio works always well with the passthrough cable ad tvtime (or "pure" line-in) - with an as 30 Sep 2008 13:25:56 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351692 I would like to play back 1080p content at 720p (native TV res) from my mythbox. The current CPU is an Athlon 64 X2 3800. It can almost play some of t 30 Sep 2008 12:39:12 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351688 What do you folks think of using one of the new Dual Core Atom 330s for a low power frontend? The new one just came out and I can get it pretty chea 30 Sep 2008 11:57:01 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351682 Hi, i have the following problem: Watching TV with MythTV works fine at the beginning. After some time the audio goes out of sync and After 2 hours 30 Sep 2008 11:04:15 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351674 [Redirected to mythtv-users; CCed to Rob Smith.] Rob Smith <kormoc@gmail.com> says: > The scheduler takes between 15 and 30 seconds on my core2duo > 30 Sep 2008 10:39:42 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351671 Hello, I am thinking about finally buying the HD-PVR device from hauppauge. But before I do, I remember some talk on this list of other people/compan 30 Sep 2008 08:59:44 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351644 List, Hello everyone, I'm a fairly new MythTV user but have followed the mailing list off and on for several years now. I have posted my issue below 30 Sep 2008 08:55:49 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351643 Hello all, Here's my setup: Latest Myth 0.21 (Mythbuntu flavor) and HDHomerun (love it) with two indoor, directional antennas. I have five local st 30 Sep 2008 08:31:09 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351639 I recently installed mythtv via synaptic on my system and I'm not fond of the way the system just auto-logs-in to the mythtv user account. For one, 30 Sep 2008 04:10:11 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351607 I recently installed a firewire card to record off of the Moto DCT3200 provided by Comcast in Oakland, CA. The card is a PCI-X (Syba?) adapter with a 29 Sep 2008 22:26:58 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351604 Can anyone here recommend a good ups with serial/usb controlled shutdown capabilities for backend? I lost everything once in a power failure, taking 6 29 Sep 2008 20:03:10 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351582 I'm setting up my HDHomeRun, and it looks like I can get a number of channels, but I have at least one which can not be recorded. It's there (of cour 29 Sep 2008 19:59:16 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351581 I was watching "This Week" yesterday and got lots of skip in the audio under CPU-- but it played fine under SLIM. I thought that strange as CPU-- was 29 Sep 2008 19:48:05 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351580 I have a couple of inputs, one satellite (digital) and one cable (analog). The digital input is obviously much better quality. Is there a way to t 29 Sep 2008 19:20:57 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351578 Question on the de-interlacers. I assume that if I have non-interlaced content, like a DVD or a 720p recording, the deinterlacer detects this and does 29 Sep 2008 17:57:20 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351575 Hi, I have installed mythtv (on distro based (mythubuntu)). I have completed succefully setup, but i don't manage to tune any channels. So, I have ins 29 Sep 2008 16:57:12 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351572 Even though I set mythbackend's init number to 23 (and newcs & sascng to 19 & 21 respectively) mythbackend still starts WAY too early, which renders 29 Sep 2008 16:56:16 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351571 So this afternoon, I started playing around with pulseaudio (after seeing my friends setup this weekend) and I am attempting to make all of my myth fr 29 Sep 2008 16:38:42 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351568 According to <URL:http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1069799>, using ffmpeg to transcode the (currently two-channel) audio track on HD-PV 29 Sep 2008 15:22:36 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/351561