[mythtv-users] Australian HOWTO?

Sun Nov 7 08:02:51 UTC 2004

Glenn,

Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I been messin' with linux for years, mostly
redhat since about version 5 or so. But i like the configurability of
Gentoo, and the update and install system (portage) is excellent, far better
than RPM's although it appears that apt-get is pretty good on Fedora COre2
as well.

Anyways, I finally got the card working (it was the permissions on the dvr0
device that were wrong, but I can only record MPEGS using dvbstream so far.
They play back okay as well, in fact better than okay, the quality is
excellent, but I am having trouble getting live tv out and Myth says it has
locked onto a channel, but still no video out...

I might try as you suggested and drop the resolution to see what happens...
although my card has 128 meg on it so I thought that would have been enough
but hey at this stage I will try anything.

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll post my progress (when I make some more) for
others on the list to see.

cheers

Markus

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From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Glenn Corbett
Sent: Sunday, 7 November 2004 8:40 AM
To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Australian HOWTO?

Markus,

Setting up the Nebula was surprisingly easy (once I figured out that the
kernel already had support for the bt8xx chipset compiled in).

Umm....if you've already managed to get Gentoo up and running, then your
Linux knowledge vastly exceeds mine *grin*

Only problem I did have that wasn't really documented anywhere was that my
onboard video card didnt have enough memory on it, hence it bombed (no
video) during playback - everything else worked fine. I ended up having to
drop the resolution of the video card in X-Config to 800x600 on an Intel 815
chipset, then everything started working.

Maybe that is of some help

Glenn

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From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Markus Buchanan
Sent: Friday, 5 November 2004 11:28 AM
To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Australian HOWTO?

Hey Glenn,

How easy did you find the settings for the Nebula? I am trying to set one up
at the moment using Gentoo Linux with a 2.6.9 kernel.The box itself is rock
solid, and I am pretty sure I am not far off getting the thing finalised,
but I am having issues with displaying TV via xine or mplayer, so I figure
it won't work with MythTV until I can sort that side of it out.

I have run dvbstream and managed to get lock on a channel, and have then run
scan dvb-t and compiled a list of channels for my area (Adelaide), but I
just can't get it to display TV!! Mplayer and zine were both compiled with
DVB options so it all should work, but so far no go.

Appreciate any pointers you might have.

cheers

Markus

-----Original Message----- 
From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org on behalf of Glenn Corbett 
Sent: Thu 4/11/2004 7:55 AM 
To: 'Discussion about mythtv' 
Cc: 
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Australian HOWTO?

Geoff,

Didn't realise there were so many Aussies using Myth *grin*

Anyways, my setup

Using a Shuttle SB52G2 - From any Shuttle Distributor
Onboard video and Sound - crappy, but not really using it anyway (sits in a
server rack)
Celeron 2.6ghz, 1gb RAM - Got em at the local PC Fairs
80gb Boot Drive - Out of my X-Box
200gb Drive for Local Video Storage - PC Fairs Again
3tb remote drive for remote video storage
Nebula DigiTV PCI - Local reseller www.digitalnow.com.au

Fedora Core 2
Used the Jarod Wilson guide (had to expand on the instructions a bit since
I'm a bit of a Linux n00b).

Initial setup was quite painful, think it took me about 4 full rebuilds,
each time getting a bit closer to the mark.  Most of that was due to my
Linux n00bness I'm sure, and not knowing exactly where to put files etc.
The actual MythTV setup was probably the smoothest part of the whole
operation.

Jarod Wilson's guide is probably one of the better ones out there, however
there was a reasonable bit of implied Linux knowledge in parts. There is
also a number of places you need to go get components (such as tv_grab_au),
therefore at some point you need to veer away from jarods guide to finish
the job.

After all of that, my setup now works very well except for the recent
cant-get-the-damn-epg-data-anymore episode.  I've also pressed the X-Box
into service as a MythTV front end.  Works great, and watching tv on the
x-box is always nice to confuse people *grin*.

Only real outstanding problem I have is getting videos from the myth box
back out onto my pc platform, primarily so I can hang onto videos whilst not
filling up the myth box.  As with Linux, nothing is impossible.

What I'd do different:
 - Probably change the PC case.  The shuttle is an excellent form factor,
but due to the size of videos I'd probably want to put in a couple of 300's
or something, which the shuttle case doesn't really work for.
- Probably get some Linux help.  Whilst I did end up getting MythTV working
correctly, I'm sure there are a couple of things I did wrong that are still
lurking around.
- Also get a DVB-S card.  I may end up doing this shortly anyway, to get the
FTA Satelite stuff.

Glenn

>From: "Geoff O'Callaghan" <geoffocal at optushome.com.au>
>Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>Subject: [mythtv-users] Australian HOWTO?
>Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 20:50:33 +1100
>
>G'day,
>
>Sorry if this is approaching a FAQ, but i'm a newbie with this.  What
>i'm looking for are any docs/howtos from an Australian perspective. 
>What gear have you purchased locally, what works, what's rubbish etc. 
>What would you buy 2nd time around.
>
>If it's too off topic or an often repeated request and don't feel the
>list needs any more emails like this, please email to me direct - i'd
>appreciate it.
>
>Cheers
>Geoff
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