[mythtv-users] Seperate video out with PVR-350?
Dan Wilga
mythtv-users2 at dwilga-linux1.amherst.edu
Tue Jan 9 14:15:45 UTC 2007
At 6:26 PM -0500 1/8/07, mythtv-users at jaredharvey.com wrote:
>I'm guessing your starting the script with an rc5 entry or something?
No, it's run entirely on-demand by irexec. There's an entry in the
.lircrc file that binds it to a remote button. The advantage of doing
it this way is that the second instance of X need not run until
someone actually goes to use the second TV.
>I'm also curious how you deal with the password for the user, or
>perhaps you are running this script from the shell?
The script runs as whatever user irexec runs as, which should be root
in this case. That way, the script can start X as either user and no
password is needed. Personally, I have my system start at runlevel 3
(instead of 5), so that I never see a gdm/xdm login prompt. I just
press the special button on my remote and X starts up, followed by
Myth. You can set the runlevel by editing /etc/inittab.
Here's the .lircrc entry for the "downstairs" TV, which uses the
Hauppauge remote:
begin
prog = irexec
button = Go
config = switch-video
end
and for the "upstairs" TV, which uses a generic RC-5 remote:
begin
prog = irexec
button = vcr1-standby
config = switch-video tv2
end
where "switch-video" is the name of the script I posted previously,
stored in /usr/local/bin.
>I'm using users mythtv and mythtv-composite. I think I have to make
>sure that under the setup on user mythtv's frontend, I need to make
>sure that the "use the decoder" feature is turned off. Right?
I actually find that, for the 350, the "use the built-in decoder"
function is not necessary with recent versions of IVTV. Its
framebuffer is quite capable of keeping up, and I always found using
the decoder to be somewhat unstable. But, if you do want to use it,
then you do have to figure out which DB setting to toggle, yes.
>Thanks for the reply, I was tempted to post my experience on this
>install on Fedora Core 6 on the wiki. If I do can I reference your
>scripts and such? Just want to offer credit where it's due.
Sure.
--
Dan Wilga "Ook."
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