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<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I have no idea if this would help you or not, but I find that if MythTV locks up on me, which only happens</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">occasionally</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> I will get a black screen when choosing Watch TV that I can only get out of by using ctrl-alt-esc.</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> After doing that, I need to run mythtvsetup and go to the fourth option and change the default channel under video0 to 2.</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> The channel will be whatever channel it was tuned to when the system locked up, but to get my mythtv system to work again, I have to change it to 2.</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> I don</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">'</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">t know why this works, but it does. I usually do this after a reboot.</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">If I am giving out bad advice, feel free to flame the</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">"</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">F</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">"</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> out of me.</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Jeff</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Verdana">On Thursday 06 November 2003 23:27, Mariano Kamp wrote:<BR>
> Hi,<BR>
><BR>
> I have mythv-* installed on two boxes:<BR>
><BR>
> Rock:<BR>
> - cheap bttv grabber card (xawtv)<BR>
> - all mythtv components (0.11-6 from unstable) including mysql<BR>
> - no x-server (actually there is not even a console attached)<BR>
> purpose: record and serve<BR>
><BR>
> Black:<BR>
> - no grabber card<BR>
> - mythv-frontend (and everything what it depends on according to the .deb)<BR>
> purpose: view recorded stuff, manage mythtv<BR>
><BR>
> When opening an X-Session from black to rock I am able to run xawtv<BR>
> -remote and can watch tv and switch channels. I also ran scantv and it<BR>
> stored all the right channels. I can't listen to it, but I guess that's<BR>
> fine as it is remote. It shouldn't affect the recording, should it?<BR>
><BR>
> With mythv I don't know how tod configure the channels. I am positive<BR>
> that I specified the right device /dev/video0. At least that is the one<BR>
> xawtv is using as nextview EPG is. I selected german/austrian as region.<BR>
><BR>
> I believe I read on mythtv.org that the upstream for xmltv is broken. At<BR>
> least I am sure that this was where I found the link for nextview EPG.<BR>
> Anyway I am not able to find it anymore and also haven't figured out how to<BR>
> tell mythtv about nextview epg. I found how to export the xml file in<BR>
> nextview epg, but don't know where to put it.<BR>
><BR>
> The next problem might be due to the a.m. problems, still I want to voice<BR>
> it. When running mythv and try to watch (on rock or black) I just get a<BR>
> black screen and nothing is happening. Do I have to switch channels? How? I<BR>
> haven't found how to stop it, but by ctrl-c on the console. Any ideas? Btw.<BR>
> syslog is empty and the mythtv log just confirms that there was an attempt<BR>
> to connect and that it was successful.<BR>
><BR>
> The picture quality is pretty bad (with xawtv), but I guess that is due<BR>
> to the fact, that it is just PAL, isn't it? It is way worse then divx or<BR>
> something similar. Just wondering?!<BR>
><BR>
> Is there a new debian package with 0.12 in the makings? Will it find its<BR>
> way into the official distribution.<BR>
><BR>
> Will nextview epg be tighter integrated in 0.13?<BR>
><BR>
> All in all, I am quite impressed what I've seen. Very good job. I am<BR>
> looking forward to use it.<BR>
><BR>
> Cheers,<BR>
> Mariano</FONT></P>
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