From stuarta at squashedfrog.net Sun Feb 1 13:47:07 2015 From: stuarta at squashedfrog.net (Stuart Auchterlonie) Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2015 13:47:07 +0000 Subject: [mythtv] FTA Satellite developer wish list In-Reply-To: <54CBBE75.3020302@zhrodague.net> References: <1422637598.2160.25.camel@gmail.com> <54CBBE75.3020302@zhrodague.net> Message-ID: <54CE2E5B.7030506@squashedfrog.net> Hi, Fundamentally the issue we have is that none of the developers have any of the hardware required to work on this or be in a position to test it. We can help by reviewing code, working with you to understand what is happening (especially with your wide band LNB), and help to improve MythTV in this area. Regards Stuart Auchterlonie On 30/01/15 17:25, Drew from Zhrodague wrote: > While not a developer, I've been following along on this list - > figured I would give my experience with FTA satellite action and MythTV. > > > I got a cheap kit from Sadoun.com. I'm in the US. Shortly after > setup, my motor stopped moving East, so I leave it pointed at Galaxy 19. > > I have two Ku LNBFs - the one with the wider range does not seem to > work. Perhaps I don't know how to put in the correct values, the > frequency ranges are called something other than what MythTV calls them. > The other one I have set using the North America FTA setting - which > works okay when the weather is good. I believe my dish is aimed a few > degrees off, and I've had a hard time fine-tuning it. > > I am able to get a picture if I restart mythbackend, fire up the > front end, and tune. If I let MythTV fetch guide data, I will not be > able to tune anything afterwards, until I restart. > > CentOS 6.5 > Nexus-S DVB card > Diseqc USALS > 30" dish > generic LNBF > MythTV .26 via atrpms > > I'm happy to provide more information, test stuff, or run beta-code. > Not able to compile latest MythTV on CentOS - some packages aren't new > enough to work. > > (I am a VERY happy long-time MythTV user) > > > > On 1/30/15 12:06 PM, Andrew wrote: >> Hello: >> I'm been trying to set up a FTA satellite PCI card receiver (North >> America)for mythtv. I've encountered a few speed bumps. >> >> So I've got an "itch". Before I begin to scratch, do the developer(s) >> have a wish list, that might coincide with my "problems" >> >> Some ideas: >> Change / Check box the frequency, symbol rates from KHz to MHz >> Investigate how the LNB settings work. Specifically dual lnb and the >> switch frequency and rotor settings. >> Implement a signal strength feed back to the rotor settings. >> Possibly add a fine tune motor control to the initial rotor setup. >> >> Not sure just some ideas. >> >> I've been struggling to get mythtv to receive FTA satellite >> signals and >> finally got a successful tune last night. But I'm thinking something is >> broke in the setup process. >> >> My hope is to get a FTA motorized C / Ku band receiver working such >> that mythtv would rotate the satellite dish and record programs driven >> by schedules direct. >> >> Equipment: >> Technisat SkyStar 2 HD pci card >> Dual LNB C / Ku LOF 5150,10750 >> Fedora 20/21 x86/x86_64 >> DiSEqC 1.2 VBox controller >> 1.8 meter dish with actuator >> combined with OTA pci receiver card(s). >> North American satellites >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> mythtv-dev mailing list >> mythtv-dev at mythtv.org >> http://lists.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-dev >> http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette >> MythTV Forums: https://forum.mythtv.org >> > > From gnassas at mac.com Wed Feb 4 19:29:06 2015 From: gnassas at mac.com (George Nassas) Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2015 14:29:06 -0500 Subject: [mythtv] [mythtv-commits] mythtv branch master updated by stuartm. v0.28-pre-2596-gd7d61ba In-Reply-To: <20150204143720.48F7E81859@alcor.mythtv.org> References: <20150204143720.48F7E81859@alcor.mythtv.org> Message-ID: On Feb 4, 2015, at 9:37 AM, Git Repo Owner wrote: > > commit a4f65ce15bab0f4e867ead0a704b0077b0fa8025 > Author: Stuart Morgan > at Wed, 4 Feb 2015 12:34:59 +0000 > Committer: Stuart Morgan > at Wed, 4 Feb 2015 14:35:58 +0000 > URL: http://code.mythtv.org/cgit/mythtv/commit/?id=a4f65ce15bab0f4e867ead0a704b0077b0fa8025 > > Protocol: Explicitly distinguish between frontends and other clients with 'ANN Frontend? Question: what should one do if you?re not a frontend but still want to block shutdown while your app is in use? Another way to ask this is what makes a frontend? I imagine you did this to sanitize the list of clients for the ?play on?? list which is all to the good but leaves an empty space for clients who can?t render videos but do want to prevent the backend from idling out and going away. Perhaps there?s a need for an ?App? or ?Relay? announce type which fits below Frontend and above Monitor. - George -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stuart at tase.co.uk Wed Feb 4 19:43:11 2015 From: stuart at tase.co.uk (Stuart Morgan) Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2015 19:43:11 +0000 Subject: [mythtv] [mythtv-commits] mythtv branch master updated by stuartm. v0.28-pre-2596-gd7d61ba In-Reply-To: References: <20150204143720.48F7E81859@alcor.mythtv.org> Message-ID: <5382188.d65mQfC1Tn@scafell> On Wednesday 04 Feb 2015 14:29:06 George Nassas wrote: > Question: what should one do if you?re not a frontend but still want to > block shutdown while your app is in use? The existing PLAYBACK token hasn't been removed and it should behave as always has done. Besides those you can also send BLOCK_SHUTDOWN messages after connection with all connection types including MONITOR -- Stuart Morgan From gnassas at mac.com Wed Feb 4 22:25:54 2015 From: gnassas at mac.com (George Nassas) Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2015 17:25:54 -0500 Subject: [mythtv] [mythtv-commits] mythtv branch master updated by stuartm. v0.28-pre-2596-gd7d61ba In-Reply-To: <5382188.d65mQfC1Tn@scafell> References: <20150204143720.48F7E81859@alcor.mythtv.org> <5382188.d65mQfC1Tn@scafell> Message-ID: On Feb 4, 2015, at 2:43 PM, Stuart Morgan wrote: > > The existing PLAYBACK token hasn't been removed Shoot, I misread the patch as renaming rather than adding. Whoops! For my curiosity what is a frontend then? Anything that implements the Frontend service? > Besides those you can also send BLOCK_SHUTDOWN messages after > connection with all connection types including MONITOR Block never worked when I did it through mythwelcome but I haven?t used that program in ages. I?ll give it a go sometime. - George From gnassas at mac.com Fri Feb 13 03:52:39 2015 From: gnassas at mac.com (George Nassas) Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 22:52:39 -0500 Subject: [mythtv] [mythtv-commits] mythtv branch master updated by stuartm. v0.28-pre-2641-g487923f In-Reply-To: <20150213004259.C27F481238@alcor.mythtv.org> References: <20150213004259.C27F481238@alcor.mythtv.org> Message-ID: On Feb 12, 2015, at 7:42 PM, Git Repo Owner wrote: > > commit 65766149d215258b226d78a79c59d25b6892b8ff > Author: Stuart Morgan > at Tue, 10 Feb 2015 22:45:15 +0000 > Committer: Stuart Morgan > at Fri, 13 Feb 2015 00:11:06 +0000 > URL: http://code.mythtv.org/cgit/mythtv/commit/?id=65766149d215258b226d78a79c59d25b6892b8ff > > Change the default file extension for recordings from .mpg to .ts > .ts is the correct extension for untranscoded recordings from digital > recorders which use the MPEG-TS container. We have been incorrectly > using the .mpg extension which is only valid for containers such as > MPEG-PS Would it be advisable to go through and rename existing mpeg-ts files from .mpg to .ts? - George -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: