[mythtv-users] something's missing
sharifah ummu kulthum
kulthum91 at gmail.com
Tue Feb 23 03:33:36 UTC 2010
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 5:43 AM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 8:15 PM, sharifah ummu kulthum
> <kulthum91 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 3:01 AM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 5:58 PM, sharifah ummu kulthum
> >> <kulthum91 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 2:55 AM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 2:17 AM, sharifah ummu kulthum
> >> >> <kulthum91 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >> > i think i have found the cause on why my PC detects the device
> >> >> > previously,
> >> >> > and why it didn't now. it's because i have upgraded my kernel from
> >> >> > 2.6.31-14
> >> >> > to 2.6.31-19. when i boot my PC, the default kernel is 2.6.31-19.
> >> >> > That's
> >> >> > why
> >> >> > it does not load the module automatically. I have installed the
> >> >> > device
> >> >> > driver in kernel 2.6.31-14. but now, i still don't know how i can
> >> >> > watch
> >> >> > tv
> >> >> > using mythtv
> >> >>
> >> >> It's been made quite clear to you in previous threads that when you
> >> >> update your kernel you have to reinstall the driver, and in fact it
> >> >> may even break.
> >> >>
> >> >> As far as watching TV, have you read and followed the manual at
> >> >> http://wiki.mythtv.org?
> >> >> _______________________________________________
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> >> >> mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> >> >> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Yeah. I'm sorry. I kinda missed the part where I don't realise that
> I'm
> >> > actually updating my kernel version. I have changed the GRUB now, so,
> >> > the
> >> > default kernel is my older kernel. Yes, I have read the manual but I
> >> > guess I
> >> > did something wrong because it seems like it does not work in my PC
> >> >
> >> > Thank you anyway.
> >>
> >> perhaps tell us exactly what you have done and exactly what results
> >> you got, with reference to the appropriate logs.
> >> _______________________________________________
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> >
> > Ok.
> >
> > This is what I have done so far. I have installed Mythbuntu 9.10 32-bit
> on
> > my PC. After that I have installed avertv volar ax driver which i got
> from
> > here. The installation went fine. Right now, Mythtv has detected my
> capture
> > card. I am trying to figure out how can I make mythTV scan for channels
> as
> > the list grabbers does not include my country. I'm based in Malaysia. My
> > mentor said that I have to test the card first using other tools to make
> > sure that it works. I ran this command:
> >
> > bitto at bitto:~$ mplayer tv:// -tv
> >
> driver=v4l2:device=/dev/video0:alsa:adevice=hw.1,0:amode=1:audiorate=48000:forceaudio:volume=100:immediatemode=0:normid=0:freq=147250:outfmt=YUY2
> >
> > but it yielded just this and an mplayer blank screen.
> >
> > video buffer full - dropping frame
> > A:71430.1 V:65485.2 A-V:5944.938 ct:3032.083 881368/881368 0% 0% 0.0%
> 3 0
> > video buffer full - dropping frame
> >
> > video buffer full - dropping frame
> > A:71430.2 V:65485.2 A-V:5945.024 ct:3032.083 881368/881368 0% 0% 0.0%
> 3 0
> > video buffer full - dropping frame
> >
> > video buffer full - dropping frame
> > A:71430.3 V:65485.2 A-V:5945.110 ct:3032.083 881368/881368 0% 0% 0.0%
> 3 0
> > video buffer full - dropping frame
> >
> > video buffer full - dropping frame
> > A:71430.4 V:65485.2 A-V:5945.196 ct:3032.083 881368/881368 0% 0% 0.0%
> 3 0
> > video buffer full - dropping frame
> >
> > video buffer full - dropping frame
> > A:71430.5 V:65485.2 A-V:5945.282 ct:3032.083 881368/881368 0% 0% 0.0%
> 3 0
> > video buffer full - dropping frame
> >
> > video buffer full - dropping frame
> > A:71430.5 V:65485.2 A-V:5945.368 ct:3032.083 881368/881368 0% 0% 0.0%
> 3 0
> > video buffer full - dropping frame
> >
> > video buffer full - dropping frame
> > A:71430.6 V:65485.2 A-V:5945.454 ct:3032.083 881368/881368 0% 0% 0.0%
> 3 0
> > video buffer full - dropping frame
> >
> > video buffer full - dropping frame
> > A:71430.7 V:65485.2 A-V:5945.540 ct:3032.083 881368/881368 0% 0% 0.0%
> 3 0
> > video buffer full - dropping frame
> >
> > video buffer full - dropping frame
> >
> > video buffer full - dropping frame
> > A:71430.8 V:65485.2 A-V:5945.626 ct:3032.083 881368/881368 0% 0% 0.0%
> 3 0
> > video buffer full - dropping frame
> >
> > video buffer full - dropping frame
> > A:71430.9 V:65485.2 A-V:5945.712 ct:3032.083 881368/881368 0% 0% 0.0%
> 3 0
> > video buffer full - dropping frame
> >
> > video buffer full - dropping frame
> > A:71431.0 V:65485.2 A-V:5945.798 ct:3032.083 881368/881368 0% 0% 0.0%
> 3 0
> > video buffer full - dropping frame
> >
> > video buffer full - dropping frame
> > A:71431.1 V:65485.2 A-V:5945.884 ct:3032.083 881368/881368 0% 0% 0.0%
> 3 0
> > video buffer full - dropping frame
> >
> > video buffer full - dropping frame
> > A:71431.1 V:65485.2 A-V:5945.970 ct:3032.083 881368/881368 0% 0% 0.0%
> 3 0
> > video buffer full - dropping frame
> >
> > Then, I decided to continue with MythTV.
> >
> > I found this site which tells how to grab Malaysia's channel. I have
> > installed the tools as instructed.
> >
> >
> > bitto at bitto:~$ sudo easy_install BeautifulSoup lxml httplib2
> python_dateutil
> > [sudo] password for bitto:
> > Searching for BeautifulSoup
> > Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/BeautifulSoup/
> > Reading http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/
> > Reading http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/download/
> > Best match: BeautifulSoup 3.1.0.1
> > Downloading
> >
> http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/download/3.1.x/BeautifulSoup-3.1.0.1.tar.gz
> > Processing BeautifulSoup-3.1.0.1.tar.gz
> > Running BeautifulSoup-3.1.0.1/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir
> > /tmp/easy_install-NIe9do/BeautifulSoup-3.1.0.1/egg-dist-tmp-CJHgRR
> > zip_safe flag not set; analyzing archive contents...
> > /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/setuptools/command/bdist_egg.py:422:
> > UnicodeWarning: Unicode equal comparison failed to convert both arguments
> to
> > Unicode - interpreting them as being unequal
> > symbols = dict.fromkeys(iter_symbols(code))
> > Adding BeautifulSoup 3.1.0.1 to easy-install.pth file
> >
> > Installed
> > /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/BeautifulSoup-3.1.0.1-py2.6.egg
> > Processing dependencies for BeautifulSoup
> > Finished processing dependencies for BeautifulSoup
> > Searching for lxml
> > Best match: lxml 2.1.5
> > Adding lxml 2.1.5 to easy-install.pth file
> >
> > Using /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages
> > Processing dependencies for lxml
> > Finished processing dependencies for lxml
> > Searching for httplib2
> > Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/httplib2/
> > Reading http://code.google.com/p/httplib2/
> > Reading http://bitworking.org/projects/httplib2/
> > Best match: httplib2 0.6.0
> > Downloading http://httplib2.googlecode.com/files/httplib2-0.6.0.zip
> > Processing httplib2-0.6.0.zip
> > Running httplib2-0.6.0/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir
> > /tmp/easy_install-k_pRgj/httplib2-0.6.0/egg-dist-tmp-vd_vpU
> > zip_safe flag not set; analyzing archive contents...
> > Adding httplib2 0.6.0 to easy-install.pth file
> >
> > Installed /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/httplib2-0.6.0-py2.6.egg
> > Processing dependencies for httplib2
> > Finished processing dependencies for httplib2
> > Searching for python-dateutil
> > Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/python_dateutil/
> > Reading http://labix.org/python-dateutil
> > Best match: python-dateutil 1.4.1
> > Downloading
> > http://labix.org/download/python-dateutil/python-dateutil-1.4.1.tar.gz
> > Processing python-dateutil-1.4.1.tar.gz
> > Running python-dateutil-1.4.1/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir
> > /tmp/easy_install-hCozoR/python-dateutil-1.4.1/egg-dist-tmp-2nvRYb
> > Adding python-dateutil 1.4.1 to easy-install.pth file
> >
> > Installed
> > /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/python_dateutil-1.4.1-py2.6.egg
> > Processing dependencies for python-dateutil
> > Finished processing dependencies for python-dateutil
> >
> > Then, I tried running the script that the site provided, but I got this
> > error. I don't understand it as I've never learned python and right now I
> am
> > trying to figure out what the script and error say.
> >
> > bitto at bitto:~$ python grabmy.py -f my.xml
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > File "grabmy.py", line 236, in <module>
> > main()
> > File "grabmy.py", line 225, in main
> > for elem in grabber.grab(date + timedelta(i), **params_dict):
> > File "grabmy.py", line 102, in grab
> > html = self.get_html(date, **kwargs)
> > File "grabmy.py", line 63, in get_html
> > return BeautifulSoup(content)
> > File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/BeautifulSoup.py", line 1499, in
> __init__
> > File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/BeautifulSoup.py", line 1230, in
> __init__
> > File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/BeautifulSoup.py", line 1263, in _feed
> > File "/usr/lib/python2.6/HTMLParser.py", line 108, in feed
> > self.goahead(0)
> > File "/usr/lib/python2.6/HTMLParser.py", line 148, in goahead
> > k = self.parse_starttag(i)
> > File "/usr/lib/python2.6/HTMLParser.py", line 226, in parse_starttag
> > endpos = self.check_for_whole_start_tag(i)
> > File "/usr/lib/python2.6/HTMLParser.py", line 301, in
> > check_for_whole_start_tag
> > self.error("malformed start tag")
> > File "/usr/lib/python2.6/HTMLParser.py", line 115, in error
> > raise HTMLParseError(message, self.getpos())
> > HTMLParser.HTMLParseError: malformed start tag, at line 830, column 36
> >
> > Plus, I have tried ask the script author but she didn't reply yet.
>
> So to cut a long story short you haven't tried the card with mythtv.
> When you have done so, ask some mythtv related questions.
>
> I already suggested what to do about your malaysian listings. Post a
> message to the list with a relevant subject line and some other
> malaysian users are likely to pop up and offer their solutions. Or
> look for a local mythtv users group. Or a local xmltv source.
>
> Are you trying for digital or analogue signals?
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I am trying for the analogue signals.
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