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Phil Bridges wrote:
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On 8/15/05, Richard Bronosky <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mythtv@bronosky.com"><mythtv@bronosky.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">2. I now have my network working. (I know because I used a text based
browser to hit Yahoo.com.) But, I cannot get the DataDirect "Retrieve
Listings" button to do anything. (I get a new box to popup with no text
and a half complete progress bar. A second later it is gone.) Yes, I
did setup an account on labs.Zap2It.com, and add "Comcast-Dallas (for
30134)" (BTW, that's Georgia) to my "Current lineups". What am I doing
wrong here? Is there a log file somewhere I can check?
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I *believe* that this is the part of the Myth-setup that takes a while
to run. See: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-9.html">http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-9.html</a>
"Once you have chosen your provider, press RETURN to continue. XMLTV
will now begin collecting the initial data for your location. The
screen may blank for a few seconds to several minutes, depending on
the load of the listings provider and the speed of your connection to
the Internet. Be patient!"
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Yeah, that is the part, but instead of it taking a few minutes it tries
for 1 second and quits. When it's done, there is still nothing in the
listings (or lineups, I forget the exact term) drop down. If there is
only one listing in my Zap2It account it should still show up right?<br>
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<pre wrap="">3. I did setup my PVR-500 as 2 cards, /dev/video0 tuner0 & /dev/video1
tuner0, and associate my "Comcast Cable" source to each. But when I go
to Watch Live TV, I get a black screen. I know I'm not locked up
because I can Crtl+Alt+F1-F6 to get to other tty's. But to get that
session (tty7) back I must reboot. What am I doing wrong here? Is
there a log I can check?
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The general mythbackend log file is /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.
I'd bet, though, that the issue is that you don't have channels
loaded, so Myth doesn't know what to tune. See #2 above.
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I'll try manually adding a channel to my lineup, and retesting. How do
I exit live TV from a black screen?<br>
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<pre wrap="">4. I tried watching a DVD from my NEC 16xDL-DVD-RW but the Xine screen
flashes for a second and then I'm back to the MythTV GUI. I tried
ripping a DVD but it keeps telling me there are no jobs. What am I
doing wrong here? Is there a log I can check?
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It is possible that Xine is in the background. Have you tried showing
the DVD from a CLI instance of xine?
Is mtd running? (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-19.html">http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-19.html</a>)
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I had never heard of Xine before MythTV. I'll read up on it and try to
test it individually.<br>
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<pre wrap="">Feel free to to kick, troll, and insult me, but please offer assistance too.
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Keep these to links handy:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/">http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/</a> (Searchable
archive of mailing list)
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php">http://www.wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php</a> (Jarod's thorough
walk-through of installing MythTV on a Fedora system)
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Yep, I know Gossamer very well. I research for 3 weeks before choosing
to buy a completely new system to dedicate to MythTV. But, the
wilsonet.com thing I have bookmarked for when I decide to adventure
into the remote control world, but since I'm using KnoppMyth I had
wrote him off. I'll re-evaluate.<br>
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Thanks for everything so far. Please stick with me and keep offering
your expertise. Once I get my box working, I will be converting many
others. I work for Yahoo and when I mentioned on one of our internal
forums that I was building a MythTV box, about 80 people asked me tell
take good notes and tell them exactly what to buy and how to install.<br>
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