[mythtv-users] Help watching tv and clips

[CyTG]

thats Excatly what it was, thanks :)

about the card, im pretty sure the installation guide told me that the most
common mistake for bt878 cards and the like was NOT choosing that card.

But everything seems to be working atm. thanks again :)


On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Robert Johnston <anaerin at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 20/10/2008 8:48 AM, CyTG wrote:
> > Hey, first of all im new to this, so be gentle please :-)
> >
> > specs
> > Mythbuntu 8.04
> > Hauppauge wintv ( bt878)
> > geforce 7800gs (agp)
> >
> > 1. Trying to watch live tv results in a blck screen for a few seconds
> > wich then again flips me back to the menu. I've been through the
> > configuration utility and have discovered a ton of channels and also set
> > my startup-channel to a valid one. So something must be good right? I'll
> > paste something from the backend log in a second.
> >
> > 2. Trying to view a 10M divx clip. I transfer this avi to 'videos' via
> > netwrok from my main computer, but the clip doesnt show up, myth reports
> > 'no files' ... the file IS there, i checked .. whats up with that?
> >
> > Ideas?
> >
> >
> > backend log
> >
> > 2008-10-20 16:35:19.806 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free
> > Space: 2.0 GB w/freq: 15 min
> > 2008-10-20 16:35:19.816 MPEGRec(/dev/video0) Error: Could not set Audio
> > Sampling Frequency to 2
> > eno: Invalid argument (22)
> > 2008-10-20 16:35:19.829 MPEGRec(/dev/video0) Error: Could not set Video
> > Aspect ratio to 1
> > eno: Invalid argument (22)
> > 2008-10-20 16:35:19.830 MPEGRec(/dev/video0) Error: Could not set Audio
> > Encoding to 1
> > eno: Invalid argument (22)
> > 2008-10-20 16:35:19.831 MPEGRec(/dev/video0) Error: Could not set Audio
> > L2 Bitrate to 13
> > eno: Invalid argument (22)
> > 2008-10-20 16:35:19.832 MPEGRec(/dev/video0) Error: Could not set Video
> > Peak Bitrate to 6000000
> > eno: Invalid argument (22)
> > 2008-10-20 16:35:19.832 MPEGRec(/dev/video0) Error: Could not set Video
> > Average Bitrate to 4500000
> > eno: Invalid argument (22)
> > 2008-10-20 16:35:19.833 MPEGRec(/dev/video0) Error: Could not set MPEG
> > Stream type to 0
> > eno: Invalid argument (22)
> > 2008-10-20 16:35:19.834 MPEGRec(/dev/video0) Warning: Unable to get
> > V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_GOP_SIZE, defaulting to 12
> > eno: Invalid argument (22)
> > 2008-10-20 16:35:19.835 MPEGRec(/dev/video0) Warning: Can't enable VBI
> > recording (3)
> > eno: Invalid argument (22)
> > 2008-10-20 16:35:20.963 TVRec(1): Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
>
> I see someone's tackled your second point, so here's what's wrong with
> your configuration.
>
> You've told Myth you're using a PVR x50 card, when you're not (The bt878
> card is NOT a PVR card, no matter what the box might say).
>
> Go back into settings and correct.
> --
> Robert Johnston
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