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<DIV><SPAN class=388420917-14042006><SPAN class=388420917-14042006><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><STRONG><U>Allan
Wilson:</U></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=388420917-14042006>1. I think there is an option in the myth
settings section that lets you adjust the overscan. With TV's there will
always be a little of this I think from what I read b/c they are used to do
that. You have to use software to scale it back. Someone correct me if I'm
wrong.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=388420917-14042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Well,
I'd really like to see the desktop of the computer be full screen, and myth be
the same size as the desktop. I have a wireless keyboard & mouse, and would
like to be able to browse the internet, etc. outside of myth. Problem was,
whenever I tried to use anything other than pixel for pixel, it'd jump all over
the place. NVidia's drivers in windows take care of all this automatically, and
I have no idea where to even start in linux :-(</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV><SPAN class=388420917-14042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>2. </FONT></SPAN>This works great for me, tell us exactly
isn't working. Sometimes I do have problems with audio tracks but there is fixes
for this.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=388420917-14042006>With
the dvd ripping it was always just that the "transcoding daemon" wouldn't ever
start. Like I said, I didn't spend <EM>too much</EM> time with this, so it is
probably just something retarded. Not nearly as big a deal to me as
(1).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=388420917-14042006>3.
<FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>I want to use it for iTunes
playback also I have read where they are working on this but I haven't seen
anything recently.</FONT><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=388420917-14042006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Has anyone heard anything? This seems like it would be a big deal to
me... I could store my music library on my server (aka myth box), share it via
samba, everyone in the house could point their iTunes libraries to that shared
folder, creating their playlists, then sharing them back...</FONT>
<P><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#000000><U>Mike<SPAN
class=388420917-14042006>:</SPAN></U></FONT></FONT></STRONG><BR><BR><FONT
face=Arial color=#000000>That is overscan. All TV's (digital and analog) are
built to use overscan (even high-def TV's). So, you have a choice between any
two of 1:1 pixel mapping, full resolution, and no overscan. You can't have all
three.The other option is to buy a monitor (not a TV) that does /not/ have
overscan. Although, usually, computer monitors have slightly different aspect
ratio's--such as 1920x1200--so you would get a small amount of letterboxing.
And, from a cost perspective, this may not be
ideal.</FONT></FONT></P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=388420917-14042006>Heh,
yeah my original plan called for a projector, but I got a good deal on this TV,
and I wasn't too keen on having to turn out the lights to watch TV. Anyway,
monitor isn't an option. I think what confuses me is how good the TV looks
running a windows desktop (via adjustment in the NVidia drivers) and why I had
so much trouble getting it to work right under linux. I think I would PAY
someone to just come make it work (explaining to me exactly what the hell i was
doing wrong).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=388420917-14042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000 size=2><STRONG><U>Mache:</U></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=388420917-14042006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>I think I'll probably go the route of ripping them on my windows desktop
and just moving them to the myth box if I can't get the ripper inside myth to
work the way I want.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=388420917-14042006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Thanks for all the responses so far!</FONT></DIV></SPAN></FONT>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Matthew Mousseau</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>AMSVans, Inc. Webmaster</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>matt@amsvans.com</FONT></DIV>
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face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Allan Wilson<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 14, 2006 12:14
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Discussion about mythtv<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [mythtv-users]
I Strayed! Now I want to come back,but with
caveats<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 4/14/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>Matt
Mousseau</B> <<A href="mailto:matt@amsvans.com">matt@amsvans.com</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN>Once upon a time, I built and ran a
mythTV box. I loved & hated myth, mostly for what amounted to things
that I simply didn't understand. Outlined below are the main concerns I have
with returning to myth:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN>1. Firewire recordings over the DCT6200:
They regularly would crash the frontend. I believe it had something to do
with the whole sync byte being messed up at the beginning of the transport
stream, but I could never figure out a way to automate fixing
it.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN>2. Resolutions problems with my HDTV. I
have a Philips 50" Ambilight PDP with a native resolution of 720p. And I had
one HELL of a time getting X to use the right resolution, it always ran over
the edges! I think there may have been some sort of overscanning issue, or
perhaps I just wasn't holding my tongue right while working on it. Either
way I could use some serious help here, since getting X's resolution right
is key to getting things to look
properly.</SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR>I think there is an option in the myth settings section that lets
you adjust the overscan. With TV's there will always be a little of this
I think from what I read b/c they are used to do that. You have to use
software to scale it back. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.<BR></DIV><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN>3. DVD ripping. I didn't get real far
with this...and I didn't spend *that* much time with it either. I'd basicly
like to rip dvd's, keeping the primary movie (throw away extras, etc) and
the surround sound track. I don't even care about compressing them, I can
get plenty of HD space. For whatever reason, however, I just never got this
working.</SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR><BR>This works great for me, tell us exactly isn't working. Sometimes
I do have problems with audio tracks but there is fixes for
this.<BR></DIV><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN>4. MythMusic. It is...well just plain
klunky. What I did in the past was to have a second computer hooked up
running windows & itunes...<EM>just for music</EM>. If I could get myth
to play shared iTunes playlists from my network...that would be AMAZING. Is
this possible? I don't want myth to share its library...i want it to read
OTHER computer's shared itunes
libraries.</SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR>I want to use it for iTunes playback also I have read where they are
working on this but I haven't seen anything recently.<BR></DIV><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN>I'm sitting on a great computer, with
tons of HD space, 2 DCT-6200's, and a 50" plasma...somebody PLEASE help me
put this stuff together!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN>Thanks!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Matthew Mousseau</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>AMSVans, Inc. Webmaster</FONT></DIV>
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