[mythtv-users] Re: mythtv-users Digest, Vol 28, Issue 146

Brian Blalock bblalock at mtco.com
Mon Jul 4 08:29:18 EDT 2005


On Sat, 28 May 2005 16:00:11 +0000 (UTC), mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org
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> Today's Topics:
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>    1. 0.18 Frontend crash when editing 16:9 DVB-T video
>       (Jens Baumeister)
>    2. Re: vld xvmx (Axel Thimm)
>    3. Manual entry of channels (Derek Scollon)
>    4. Re: Manual entry of channels (James Stembridge)
>    5. opaque/translucent? (Dean Collins)
>    6. Re: Manual entry of channels (Derek Scollon)
>    7. Re: Timeshift cures Jitter in 18.0 (Paul Bender)
>    8. Re: pvr-150 no tuner (Peter T. Abplanalp)
>    9. Re: mythfrontend related kernel oops after upgrade (Jason Mollman)
>   10. Re: Manual entry of channels (Stuart Morgan)
>   11. MythVideo category doesn't "stick" (Phil Bridges)
>   12. Re: pvr-150 no tuner (Garry Cook)
>   13. Re: Upgrading kernel & kmdls in one step (Garry Cook)
>   14. Re: tv_grab_za (Chris Picton)
>   15. Re: MythVideo category doesn't "stick" (Mathew Mrosko)
> 
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 15:19:02 +0200
> From: Jens Baumeister <jens.baumeister at gmail.com>
> Subject: [mythtv-users] 0.18 Frontend crash when editing 16:9 DVB-T
> 	video
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Message-ID: <f7af2ee80505280619662416a3 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> 
> Hi,
> 
> does anone else experience the following problem:
> 
> Some DVB-T programs here (Germany) are transmitted in real 16:9 (the
> majority is 4:3). Myth correctly identifies the aspect rario and plays
> it back just fine. However, every time I try to edit one of these
> recordings, the frontend will crash as soon as I jump to the end point
> of the recording. This is reproducible and happens with programs from
> several different channels.
> 
> I'm running 0.18 on Gentoo with a Nova-T tuner. (I noticed the problem
> on 0.16, too, which was my first Myth version.)
> 
> Jens
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 15:27:38 +0200
> From: Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net>
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Re: vld xvmx
> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Message-ID: <20050528132738.GA31633 at neu.nirvana>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> 
> On Sat, May 28, 2005 at 12:18:22PM +0100, Jon Ward wrote:
> > Do the atrpms myth-suite installs have vld xvmc support compiled into
> > them? or do I have to compile mythtv myself?
> 
> Yes, though libxvmcw.
> 
> > I am trying to use the unichrome driver on a ME6000 but when check vld
> > xvmc on the mythsetup up screen I get "Bad Alloc" error when watching
> > live TV?
> 
> You need to configure libxvmcw to use unichrome.
> -- 
> Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 14:45:21 +0100
> From: Derek Scollon <mailing.lists at scotwebsolutions.com>
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Manual entry of channels
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Message-ID: <389211522.20050528144521 at scotwebsolutions.com>
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> The channel scan in mythtvsetup has picked up most of the channels I was
expecting to find on Freeview, but there are a few discrepancies. Not
realising that DVB scanning was automated in mythtvsetup, I'd previously run
the scan program from the dvb-apps package. The scan program has picked up a
few channels which didn't appear after the channel scan in Myth. Is there a
reason for this? Can these channels be entered manually into Myth? The
output from scan doesn't seem to correspond with the database entries in any
way I can see.
> 
> An example of one which wasn't picked up is...
> 
>
Discovery:658166670:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_1_2:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:6449:6450:15168
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Derek
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 14:52:19 +0100
> From: James Stembridge <jstembridge at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Manual entry of channels
> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Message-ID: <18bc366d0505280652302ae3a6 at mail.gmail.com>
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> On 5/28/05, Derek Scollon <mailing.lists at scotwebsolutions.com> wrote:
> > An example of one which wasn't picked up is...
> >
Discovery:658166670:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_1_2:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:6449:6450:15168
> 
> Discovery is part of topuptv and so is encrypted, unless you have the
> suitable hardware and a subscription you won't be able to watch it.
> 
> James.
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 09:59:36 -0400
> From: "Dean Collins" <Dean at collins.net.pr>
> Subject: [mythtv-users] opaque/translucent?
> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Message-ID:
> 	<5B964054BCFC8341AAF78339B9E5AB88032097 at cognationsvr1.Cognation.local>
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> 
> Is there a way you can display a html image over the top of a video
> stream and control the opaque/translucent%?
> 
>  
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Dean
> 
>  
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> Message: 6
> Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 15:10:18 +0100
> From: Derek Scollon <mailing.lists at scotwebsolutions.com>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Manual entry of channels
> To: James Stembridge <jstembridge at gmail.com>
> Cc: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Message-ID: <1081195913.20050528151018 at scotwebsolutions.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> 
> > On 5/28/05, Derek Scollon <mailing.lists at scotwebsolutions.com> wrote:
> >> An example of one which wasn't picked up is...
> >>
Discovery:658166670:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_1_2:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:6449:6450:15168
> 
> > Discovery is part of topuptv and so is encrypted, unless you have the
> > suitable hardware and a subscription you won't be able to watch it.
> 
> > James.
> > _______________________________________________
> > mythtv-users mailing list
> > mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
> 
> Aha! So presumably Myth's scan realises it's encrypted and doesn't add it
then?
> 
> -- 
> Derek
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 7
> Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 07:14:48 -0700
> From: Paul Bender <pbender at qualcomm.com>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Timeshift cures Jitter in 18.0
> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Message-ID: <42987CD8.3000709 at qualcomm.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
> 
> Simon Bailey wrote:
> > I am using 18.0 with a normal TV as the sole monitor.  When watching 
> > live TV, I am experiencing occasional jitter in the video.  Going into 
> > timeshift mode, just pausing for two seconds and then continuing, 
> > results in perfectly smooth video.  Is this a bug?  Any suggestions?
> 
> I have the same problem (and solution) with a FC3 backend and a MiniMyth 
> (EPIA SP8000E) frontend. In addition, it appears that over a long period 
> of time, the playback catches up. Therefore, I think that the playback 
> is slightly faster than the input (maybe the difference between 60Hz and 
> 59.94Hz). If this is the case, then it might explain the stuttering. 
> However, I have not looked onto it in detail.
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 8
> Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 08:31:26 -0600
> From: "Peter T. Abplanalp" <pta-myth at psaconsultants.com>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] pvr-150 no tuner
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Message-ID: <20050528143126.GA6346 at psaconsultants.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> 
> thanks guys.  together, you fixed both my problems!
> 
> alas, i now have a new problem.  everything in mythtv seems
> to work now, i can use the remote to navigate the menus and
> i can watch and record tv; however, when i watch tv, i am
> seeing the upper left corner of the stream.  i.e. it seems
> like the "tv" screen is larger than my display and i am only
> seeing the upper left corner.
> 
> i did some looking around and i think i may have to change
> my capture resolution but i do not know how to do that.  can
> someone point me in the right direction?
> 
> if it matters, i am using my computer's flat panel display
> and my resolution is set to 1280x1024.  i can post any other
> config files necessary like X or whatever else.
> 
> thanks!
> 
> -- 
> Peter Abplanalp
> PGP:     pgp.mit.edu
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 9
> Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 10:41:37 -0400
> From: Jason Mollman <jasonmollman at atlanticbb.net>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] mythfrontend related kernel oops after
> 	upgrade
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Cc: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Message-ID: <200505281041.38082.jasonmollman at atlanticbb.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain;  charset="iso-8859-1"
> 
> I was finally able to solve this problem, mostly.
> 
> Using the 2.6.11 series kernels (-1.14 or -1.27), I can't seem to get any
ivtv 
> driver mid-0.3.4 to present to work. I had to downgrade my kernel to 
> 2.6.10-1.770_14 and then let apt install 0.3.5g from atrpms -testing. 
> 
> Audio still not working, so on to that.
> 
> - JM
> On Saturday 28 May 2005 01:23 am, Garry Cook wrote:
> > On 5/27/05, Jason Mollman <jasonmollman at atlanticbb.net> wrote:
> > > True, and I'm going through them. But I thought I'd mention it here given
> > > the reference to mythfrontend.
> > >
> > > And yes, I know how to use google and the ivtv maillist thanks.
> > >
> > > On Friday 27 May 2005 11:39 pm, Donavan Stanley wrote:
> > > > On 5/27/05, Jason Mollman <jasonmollman at atlanticbb.net> wrote:
> > > > > Yesterday I upgraded my FC3 install via ATRPMS. Afterward, I can no
> > > > > longer watch livetv. I only get the EPG, then a black screen. Syslog
> > > > > shows a kernel oops related to mythfrontend.
> > > >
> > > > Searching google turned up lots of hits for  "ivtv: No memory on
> > > > buffer alloc!" many of them on the ivtv mailing list (where this
> > > > thread belongs).
> >
> > I had a similar problem today. apt-get dist upgrade downgraded my
> > kernel. Very wierd, didn't think it was supposed to automagically
> > upgrade the kernel, let alone downgrade it. Either way, it did not
> > install any of the kernel modules (ivtv, alsa, lirc, etc.), so after a
> > reboot, the X server wouldn't start. Had to ssh in, at which point I
> > could have just booted the old kernel, but instead I upgraded (for
> > real this time) and installed the modules.
> > Probably a different issue then what you're seeing, but thought I'd
> > throw it out there...
> > --Garry
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 10
> Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 15:44:46 +0100
> From: Stuart Morgan <stuart at tase.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Manual entry of channels
> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Message-ID: <200505281544.46914.stuart at tase.co.uk>
> Content-Type: text/plain;  charset="iso-8859-1"
> 
> On Sat 28 May 2005 15:10, Derek Scollon wrote:
> > Aha! So presumably Myth's scan realises it's encrypted and doesn't add it
> > then?
> 
> Correct. Myth by default will ignore encrypted channels. This behaviour
can be 
> changed somewhere in mythtvsetup if needed.
> -- 
> Stuart Morgan
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 11
> Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 10:45:08 -0400
> From: Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com>
> Subject: [mythtv-users] MythVideo category doesn't "stick"
> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Message-ID: <52189f8505052807451efbb565 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> 
> I am trying to import some videos using the MythVideo video manager
> (0.18.1).  I have a few different categories that I'm trying to keep
> things in.  Unfortunately, when I try to change the category more
> files, it takes many times to actually change, if it changes at all. 
> Is anyone else having this problem?
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 12
> Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 09:28:17 -0600
> From: Garry Cook <garrycook at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] pvr-150 no tuner
> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Message-ID: <208bc818050528082821bb4ced at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> 
> On 5/28/05, Peter T. Abplanalp <pta-myth at psaconsultants.com> wrote:
> > thanks guys.  together, you fixed both my problems!
> > 
> > alas, i now have a new problem.  everything in mythtv seems
> > to work now, i can use the remote to navigate the menus and
> > i can watch and record tv; however, when i watch tv, i am
> > seeing the upper left corner of the stream.  i.e. it seems
> > like the "tv" screen is larger than my display and i am only
> > seeing the upper left corner.
> > 
> > i did some looking around and i think i may have to change
> > my capture resolution but i do not know how to do that.  can
> > someone point me in the right direction?
> > 
> > if it matters, i am using my computer's flat panel display
> > and my resolution is set to 1280x1024.  i can post any other
> > config files necessary like X or whatever else.
> > 
> > thanks!
> > 
> > --
> > Peter Abplanalp
> > PGP:     pgp.mit.edu
> 
> Hmmm... Trying to recall exactly where those settings are. I only used
> them during initial setup of the card, so it's been a while...
> I believe you'll locate this under mythtv-setup, but if not, check the
> setup section of mythfrontend, look for 'playback' under 'TV
> settings', it might be found there instead.
> Either way, what you're looking for are the recording profiles. This
> is where you tell MythTV what resolution to capture at depending upon
> the recording profile in use. Since I use a PVR-500, I've set all of
> my recording profiles to 720x480.
> I think that someone recently posted that this should not be necessary
> with the newest ivtv drivers...
> HTH
> --Garry
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 13
> Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 09:39:42 -0600
> From: Garry Cook <garrycook at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Upgrading kernel & kmdls in one step
> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Message-ID: <208bc81805052808391dba7e30 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> 
> On 5/28/05, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net> wrote:
> > On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 11:23:56PM -0600, Garry Cook wrote:
> > > I had a similar problem today. apt-get dist upgrade downgraded my
> > > kernel. Very wierd, didn't think it was supposed to automagically
> > > upgrade the kernel, let alone downgrade it. Either way, it did not
> > > install any of the kernel modules (ivtv, alsa, lirc, etc.), so after a
> > > reboot, the X server wouldn't start. Had to ssh in, at which point I
> > > could have just booted the old kernel, but instead I upgraded (for
> > > real this time) and installed the modules.
> > 
> > Unfortunately none of the depsolvers is clever enough to upgrade the
> > kernel and all the kmdls. You need some manual steps to persuade the
> > depsolver to do so (see below). The reason apt downgraded your kernel
> > is because you are running an older and now unsupported kernel
> > (2.6.11-1.14_FC3?) and some kmdl was available in a newer version
> > (probably alsa) but had no kernel counterpart in your system. So apt
> > chose one randomly and randomly means by Murphy's law always the one
> > you wouldn't apt want to choose ... ;)
> 
> Ok, that makes sense. Well, not really, but at least I understand what
> happened now. You hit the nail on the head, I was indeed running
> 2.6.11-1.14_FC3, and ended up with a revision of 2.6.10.770.
> I was under the impression that apt held back kernels and kmdls unless
> you explicitly requested they be installed. Is it just kernels that
> are held back, unless a new kmdl is available, in which case apt gives
> you both?
> 
> --Garry
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 14
> Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 17:52:57 +0200
> From: Chris Picton <chrisp at tangent.co.za>
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Re: tv_grab_za
> To: Robert Eden <rmeden at yahoo.com>
> Cc: xmltv-devel at lists.sourceforge.net, mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Message-ID: <1117295578.20247.4.camel at linux>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> 
> On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 22:13 -0700, Robert Eden wrote:
> > >You don't appear to use Date::Parse, can it be left out?
> > 
> > oops.. yes you do.. can you change the code to use Date::Manip.. we
> > have so many required modules already....
> 
> K - done
> 
> I have always used Date::Parse as the author of Date::Manip says you
> should probably not be using Date::Manip for simple stuff.
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> Message: 15
> Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 09:04:34 -0700
> From: Mathew Mrosko <mythtv at matmrosko.com>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythVideo category doesn't "stick"
> To: Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com>,	Discussion about mythtv
> 	<mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Message-ID: <200505280904.34755.mythtv at matmrosko.com>
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> 
> On Saturday 28 May 2005 07:45 am, Phil Bridges wrote:
> > Is anyone else having this problem?
> Yes!
> 
> I've seen this brought up at least one other time, but I don't think there
was 
> ever a resolution other than "Edit the database yourself".  Manually editing 
> the database has seemed to work for me, plus, it's quicker!
> 
> -Mat
> --
> mythtv [at] matmrosko [dot] com
> 
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