[mythtv-users] External Channel Change Question? - WAS Re: CentOS and MythTV

[Kenneth Hadley]

Appears I spoke too soon about have no further problems.

I use a MyBlaster to control my external Samsung DirecTV receiver and
with my previous box this worked fine using the MyBlaster.pl script.

This time...not working so well.

I have the script located in /usr/local/bin/ and typed into the input
field of "mythtvsetup=>input connections=>/dev/video0/=>External channel
change command" the script path/filename (/usr/local/bin/MyBlaster.pl)
but when I record programs the channel never changes and when watching
the MyBlaster transmitter when the recording starts and it should be
blinking, it does not.

Manually typing at the CLI
[mythtv at pvr01 ~]$ /usr/local/bin/MyBlaster.pl 298
Does change the channel.

Anyone have any thoughts?

Thanks!



Kenneth Hadley wrote:
> Jarod Wilson wrote:
>   
>> On Feb 10, 2006, at 13:51, Kenneth A Hadley wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Has anyone had experience using CentOS4 for a MythTV
>>> Backend? Specifically ivtv drivers with a PVR500.
>>>
>>> About a week ago my poor FC3 running a single PVR350
>>> lost it's hard disk so I'm rebuilding my MythTV box.
>>> I've used CentOS for work and used it for a MythTV
>>> Frontend (following Jarod's Fedora guide with a few
>>> tweaks to use the EL4 portion of ATRpms) but I'm
>>> intrested in anyone's experience with it as a backend.
>>>       
>> My current master backend is running EL4 along with a PVR-500. EL4
>> works fine for a backend, so long as you don't need recent dvb code to
>> enable one of the newer HDTV tuners out there. I'm moving to pre-FC5
>> for my master backend ever so shortly (tomorrow), partially because of
>> the dvb issue (I'm adding more HD tuners), partially so I have some
>> FC5 systems I can write about, partially because I just feel like it...
>>
>> --Jarod Wilson
>> jarod at wilsonet.com
>>
>>     
> One day later......
>
> I've come to the conclusion that the current ivtv drivers dislike having
> a PVR350 and PVR500 in the same box, at least on my MythTV box and under
> CentOS. I experienced alot of random lockups and static recordings. Good
> stuff.
>
> Final configuration that seams to be working fine:
> Intel Celeron 2.6ghz
> Intel D845GRG Motherboard
> GeForce 4MX
> Hauppauge PVR500 MCE
> CentOS 4.2 (Basically RH EL4)
> MythTV 18.1
>
> Unfortunately I had been using the Hauppauge PVR350 w/Grey Remote for
> controlling my box but with needing to remove the PVR350 and the
> problems I experienced getting LIRC running (possibly related to using
> the i2c connection/driver on the PVR350) it would seam that I will have
> to find a different remote! Bummer....I'd grown attached to the grey remote.
>
> Has anyone had experience running a StreamZap remote with the current
> rev of LIRC?
>
> -Kenneth
>
>
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