[mythtv-users] MythTV : Little Sleep, Lots Of Reading... IFailed.

[Matt]

Bruce:

I can assure you that Jarod's detailed instructions are far better than
any "authoritative" information out there.

I base my opinion on first hand knowledge.



-- 


Bruce Markey said:
> Rob Case wrote:
>> Ok so I started out this weekend with the goal of setting up a MythTV
>> box before the weekend was over.. sleep was not an option :)
>>
>> I started out where I left off last week.. RH9/PVR-250/SB Live!
>>
>> Jarod Wilson sent me his HOWTO and was readily available this weekend
>> for fielding questions. I made it through numerous (20+) reinstalls with
>> all of them ending the same way. (I don't blame the instructions, but
>> rather my setup)
>
> I assure you, with no reservations, that Jarod Wilson's
> notes are not the authoritative information needed to install
> MythTV. There is no mention in your message of following the
> documentation that is provided with MythTV. Therefore, I'm not
> surprised that you had problems.
>
> I setup a PVR-250 for the first time earlier this week and
> followed the MythTV HOWTO. I expected to give feedback but
> I had it working in less than an hour without a hitch.
>
> If you do follow the documentation and find that the information
> is incomplete, confusing, or wrong, please send your suggestions
> so the the documentation needed for all MythTV users can be
> improved.
>
>> mythbackend, mythfrontend both loaded. Was able to setup scheduling and
>> tweak all the settings via the frontend.  Selecting "Watch TV" would
>> lock the front end up.
>
> Had you tested and verified that the ivtv driver is installed
> correctly and functioning properly?
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-19.html#ss19.10
>
> The common test is to "cat /dev/video > test.mpg" then play
> the file with an MPEG player. You should see and hear the
> test recording correctly before going on to setup MythTV.
>
> When you do run "setup" for MythTV, one common problem is
> that in part 2 of setup, you need to make sure you choose
> Card type: "Hardware MPEG Encoder card".
>
>> The sound worked prior to adding ALSA. Once ALSA was added I could not
>> play any sounds but the test sound in KDE played while producing errors.
>> (SB Live!)
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-18.html#ss18.11
>
>> So tiring of the 3 Disk reinstalls and 1 hour+ idle time I decided to
>> try my luck at Slackware 9 using one of the guides from
>> http://pvrhw.goldfish.org
>>
>> After failing several times I decided to journey into the unknown and
>> try Debian. Until tonight I had never tried Debian. I love it!
>> Unfortunately I got hung up on the sound again! And my PVR-250 doesn't
>> like bttv.
>
> A PVR-250 needs the ivtv driver, not bttv.
>
>> ...So I tried to download the ALSA source and compile the
>> drivers based on the SB Live! Alsa-project.org instructions and had even
>> more issues.
>>
>> I have read with the PVR250 you do not need a sound card.. is this true?
>> Will on board sound hurt my performance?
>
> There are two independent functions for /dev/dsp ; writing
> to create digitized data from an analog input and reading
> to convert digital data and send an analog signal to your
> speakers.
>
> A PVR-250 digitizes the audio and multiplexes the audio in
> the stream read from /dev/video. Therefore, your mythbackend
> does not need to be able to write to /dev/dsp to record audio.
> However, your mythfrontend does need to read from /dev/dsp to
> hear the sound on playback. If you have the Master and PCM
> unmuted and the volume up and can hear a test file with, say:
>
> 	aplay /usr/share/sounds/KDE_Startup.wav
>
> then you should be all set.
>
> --  bjm
>
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