MythTV General Discussion and Support - Page 6

Wardhog · 30th April 2007, 9:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dedge

This wiki article contains some useful information on XvMC and MythTV.

I'm not entirely sure what remote you're using, but if it's anything like my Twinhan then it should function just fine. There's a wiki article and a LIRC web site you may be interested in.

XvMC has done the trick, got the proprietary Nvidia drivers in via Automatix.
The remote does work, but I want to do some customising of the keys. Know of a good tutorial around using irrecord?
With my two Twinhan cards, I got two different remotes. One has approx 1.5 times the number of buttons of the other, and I want to use this "well-buttonly-endowed"

one. I'm going to have to record the extra buttons and assign them to actions somehow.

Dedge · 30th April 2007, 2:30 PM

Capturing the key codes is an area where I have no experience. However, telling MythTV/LIRC what to do with those key codes is rather easy. Take a look at an example .lircrc file and it's rather self-explanatory

daehenoc · 30th April 2007, 3:52 PM

Hi all,

I'm in the process of building a MythTV PC and I want to hook it up to my Foxtel cable unit, a UEC DCN1000 (it is a slim silver unit) which has a serial port and a USB port on the back of it. Does anyone know if you can control this unit via either of these ports?

I know that I could use an IR transmitter to control the cable box, but if I can control the cable box via direct USB/serial that would be better

daehenoc · 1st May 2007, 11:17 AM

Well, I called Foxtel and asked their technician, they told me that the serial and USB ports on the back of the UEC DCN1000 are both physically disabled, doh.

Guess I'll have to use an IR transmitter like everyone else, oh well.

phathag · 6th May 2007, 10:31 AM

Hi, attempting to get mythtv up and running on ubuntu 6.06lts

using Leadtek winfast dtv2000h

during setup... what card type do i choose... cant see one that makes sense.

i can see under our wiki that FrogBoy has gotten it to work...

any tips?

phathag · 6th May 2007, 4:47 PM

also if anyone knows how to set up lame librabry in ubuntu 6.06 too cos im getting
"You must have the Lame MP3 encoding library installed to compile Myth."

did a bit of googling to no avail.

also did a search in package manager and added stuff there but it didnt solve it.

help?

UPDATE: though i added all the lame components and dependances it seemed it needed
liblame-dev

which seems to be separate... hmm... dont get it...
had to add

# Christian Marillat's packages (mplayer, lame)
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main
deb-src http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main

into source.list to get it too!

Dedge · 8th May 2007, 12:02 AM

Why are you compiling MythTV from source? There are already binaries available for Ubuntu 6.06 from the repositories.

You'll be able to select your TV Tuner card in mythtv-setup. When you select a front-end, it'll list the capture chipset, otherwise you'll see "Device not found". If you've only got a single tuner card, it shouldn't be difficult to pick the right one

BoBa · 8th May 2007, 9:22 AM

i've just used the wiki to install mythtv on ubuntu. i'm a major linux noob but managed to get it working. I only have my imon remote and the tv guide to get working.

I spent hours last night trying to get shepherd to work but can't it runs but only gets like 1 channel sbs news and I have nfi why it's not picking up anything else. Do I need to change the channel names in myth so they are the same as whatever shepherd is picking up?

other ed · 8th May 2007, 8:10 PM

Yea,
I'm stuck with getting shepherd into mythtv too. I did a

mythfilldatabase --file 1 7 /home/mythtv/.shepherd/output.xmltv

and can see the data, but when I check the guide there is nothing there. I changed the xmltv channel in mythtv-setup so they are the same as shepherd e.g seven.free.au , but still no good.

Edit: Can get some guide data in if I check the 'EIT' box

Cheers,
Ed.

Dedge · 9th May 2007, 11:52 AM

You need to ensure that the XMLTV Id's you're using in Shepherd correspond to the ones you've defined in mythtv-setup. For taking data from the output.xmltv file and placing it in the MythTV database, I execute the following command as the mythtv user.

Code:

mythfilldatabase --update --file 1 -1 /home/shepherd/.shepherd/output.xmltv

Funkdafied · 12th May 2007, 2:08 PM

I'm in the middle of putting together a Myth box and I seem to be having problems with 1080i HDTV playback.. My CPU is a 1.66ghz Core Duo. HD worked fine when I tested it in Windows so I'm not sure why it should be causing probs. Any ideas?

Dedge · 12th May 2007, 5:19 PM

What sort of graphics card are you using? You should take a look at using XvMC which off-loads part of the decoding to the GPU and can achieve good results on lower end systems.

Funkdafied · 12th May 2007, 5:38 PM

hmm.. its a Core Duo, i figured it was roughly equal to a P4 2.4ghz. anyway, i'll give XvMC a go.

Another thing.. How can I get MythTV to automically pad recording? e.g. start 5 minutes early and finish 10 minutes after the scheduled time.

jonsey32 · 13th May 2007, 5:34 PM

Is it possible to control what deinterlacing method xine uses for dvd playback when starting from MythTV? Currently I have it starting using:

xine -pfhq -D -V xxmc --no-splash dvd:/

But the method it is using blurs some of the video and is a little annoying. I tried this but it didn't work either. Any suggestions?

Dedge · 13th May 2007, 9:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Funkdafied

hmm.. its a Core Duo, i figured it was roughly equal to a P4 2.4ghz. anyway, i'll give XvMC a go.

Another thing.. How can I get MythTV to automically pad recording? e.g. start 5 minutes early and finish 10 minutes after the scheduled time.

You certainly can! Off memory, you bring up the programme guide and find the programme you're looking for. There should be "Scheduling Options", or something of that nature where you can set the recording to start earlier or later

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonsey32

Is it possible to control what deinterlacing method xine uses for dvd playback when starting from MythTV? Currently I have it starting using:

xine -pfhq -D -V xxmc --no-splash dvd:/

But the method it is using blurs some of the video and is a little annoying. I tried this but it didn't work either. Any suggestions?

If you're using MythTV 0.19+ it's possible to use the "Internal" player for DVD, Videos. I find this is a great solution for presenting a consistent interface. All the settings defined in the TV playback will always be used. However, in reference to Xine, I have no idea sorry.

30th April 2007, 2:30 PM	#77
Dedge Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Brisbane, QLD Posts: 1,754	Capturing the key codes is an area where I have no experience. However, telling MythTV/LIRC what to do with those key codes is rather easy. Take a look at an example .lircrc file and it's rather self-explanatory __________________ http://tatey.com "Just the other day I was compressing Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sounds of Silence" to /dev/null, and it came back much truer to the name than the original."

30th April 2007, 3:52 PM	#78
daehenoc Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Mt Gravatt E, BNE, QLD Posts: 1,284	Hi all, I'm in the process of building a MythTV PC and I want to hook it up to my Foxtel cable unit, a UEC DCN1000 (it is a slim silver unit) which has a serial port and a USB port on the back of it. Does anyone know if you can control this unit via either of these ports? I know that I could use an IR transmitter to control the cable box, but if I can control the cable box via direct USB/serial that would be better __________________ How To Ask Questions The Smart Way Last edited by daehenoc; 30th April 2007 at 5:44 PM.

1st May 2007, 11:17 AM	#79
daehenoc Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Mt Gravatt E, BNE, QLD Posts: 1,284	Well, I called Foxtel and asked their technician, they told me that the serial and USB ports on the back of the UEC DCN1000 are both physically disabled, doh. Guess I'll have to use an IR transmitter like everyone else, oh well. __________________ How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

6th May 2007, 10:31 AM	#80
phathag Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Sydney Posts: 805	dtv 2000 h Hi, attempting to get mythtv up and running on ubuntu 6.06lts using Leadtek winfast dtv2000h during setup... what card type do i choose... cant see one that makes sense. i can see under our wiki that FrogBoy has gotten it to work... any tips? __________________ EP45-UD3P \|\| E8400 @3.6GHz \|\| Zalman 7700Cu \|\| G.Skill 8800CL5D-4GBPI \|\| XFX 4890 1GB\|\| Raid 0 250GB 7200.8 [OS] \|\| Raid 1 WD 1.0 TB Sata [storage] \|\| Antec P160\|\| QFan 850W\|\| 24" LCD\|\| Win 7 64bit Ult DeviantART photo gallery website \|\| Folding@Home 2 Million Points Milestone Last edited by phathag; 6th May 2007 at 9:39 PM.

6th May 2007, 4:47 PM	#81
phathag Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Sydney Posts: 805	lame also if anyone knows how to set up lame librabry in ubuntu 6.06 too cos im getting "You must have the Lame MP3 encoding library installed to compile Myth." did a bit of googling to no avail. also did a search in package manager and added stuff there but it didnt solve it. help? UPDATE: though i added all the lame components and dependances it seemed it needed liblame-dev which seems to be separate... hmm... dont get it... had to add # Christian Marillat's packages (mplayer, lame) deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main deb-src http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main into source.list to get it too! __________________ EP45-UD3P \|\| E8400 @3.6GHz \|\| Zalman 7700Cu \|\| G.Skill 8800CL5D-4GBPI \|\| XFX 4890 1GB\|\| Raid 0 250GB 7200.8 [OS] \|\| Raid 1 WD 1.0 TB Sata [storage] \|\| Antec P160\|\| QFan 850W\|\| 24" LCD\|\| Win 7 64bit Ult DeviantART photo gallery website \|\| Folding@Home 2 Million Points Milestone Last edited by phathag; 6th May 2007 at 4:55 PM. Reason: solved

8th May 2007, 12:02 AM	#82
Dedge Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Brisbane, QLD Posts: 1,754	Why are you compiling MythTV from source? There are already binaries available for Ubuntu 6.06 from the repositories. You'll be able to select your TV Tuner card in mythtv-setup. When you select a front-end, it'll list the capture chipset, otherwise you'll see "Device not found". If you've only got a single tuner card, it shouldn't be difficult to pick the right one __________________ http://tatey.com "Just the other day I was compressing Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sounds of Silence" to /dev/null, and it came back much truer to the name than the original."

8th May 2007, 9:22 AM	#83
BoBa Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Brisbane Posts: 17	i've just used the wiki to install mythtv on ubuntu. i'm a major linux noob but managed to get it working. I only have my imon remote and the tv guide to get working. I spent hours last night trying to get shepherd to work but can't it runs but only gets like 1 channel sbs news and I have nfi why it's not picking up anything else. Do I need to change the channel names in myth so they are the same as whatever shepherd is picking up?

8th May 2007, 8:10 PM	#84
other ed Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Sydney, South West. Posts: 548	Yea, I'm stuck with getting shepherd into mythtv too. I did a mythfilldatabase --file 1 7 /home/mythtv/.shepherd/output.xmltv and can see the data, but when I check the guide there is nothing there. I changed the xmltv channel in mythtv-setup so they are the same as shepherd e.g seven.free.au , but still no good. Edit: Can get some guide data in if I check the 'EIT' box Cheers, Ed. __________________ trades: kaspa_lee, bluedreamer, ccwd, Roscoe, silver6, dillusional, s3kemo, sheikhabe, Active Snail, AzNBoi, bYrd, Andres, vinnY, MiniDisc, vazzy, mr_nguyen, Squeezer, Fwoor, Jon187 Last edited by other ed; 9th May 2007 at 2:19 AM.

9th May 2007, 11:52 AM	#85
Dedge Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Brisbane, QLD Posts: 1,754	You need to ensure that the XMLTV Id's you're using in Shepherd correspond to the ones you've defined in mythtv-setup. For taking data from the output.xmltv file and placing it in the MythTV database, I execute the following command as the mythtv user. Code: mythfilldatabase --update --file 1 -1 /home/shepherd/.shepherd/output.xmltv __________________ http://tatey.com "Just the other day I was compressing Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sounds of Silence" to /dev/null, and it came back much truer to the name than the original."

12th May 2007, 2:08 PM	#86
Funkdafied Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sydney, NSW Posts: 774	I'm in the middle of putting together a Myth box and I seem to be having problems with 1080i HDTV playback.. My CPU is a 1.66ghz Core Duo. HD worked fine when I tested it in Windows so I'm not sure why it should be causing probs. Any ideas?

12th May 2007, 5:19 PM	#87
Dedge Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Brisbane, QLD Posts: 1,754	What sort of graphics card are you using? You should take a look at using XvMC which off-loads part of the decoding to the GPU and can achieve good results on lower end systems. __________________ http://tatey.com "Just the other day I was compressing Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sounds of Silence" to /dev/null, and it came back much truer to the name than the original."

12th May 2007, 5:38 PM	#88
Funkdafied Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sydney, NSW Posts: 774	hmm.. its a Core Duo, i figured it was roughly equal to a P4 2.4ghz. anyway, i'll give XvMC a go. Another thing.. How can I get MythTV to automically pad recording? e.g. start 5 minutes early and finish 10 minutes after the scheduled time.

13th May 2007, 5:34 PM	#89
jonsey32 Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Inverell, Australia Posts: 540	Is it possible to control what deinterlacing method xine uses for dvd playback when starting from MythTV? Currently I have it starting using: xine -pfhq -D -V xxmc --no-splash dvd:/ But the method it is using blurs some of the video and is a little annoying. I tried this but it didn't work either. Any suggestions?