Hidef MythTV Page by Donn Lee

Tuning, adjusting antenna

2010-01-26T09:15:00.000-08:00

ABC (vhf 7) and NBC (uhf 12) not tuning well. In attic, took netbook and used dtvsignal app to tune antenna position (ssh into fatso mythbe server, dtvsignal running on fatso).

Ch, Network, RF ch, compass heading, strength_before, strength_after
11.1, NBC, 12, 291, 55, 66
7.1, ABC, 7, 295, 38, 66
5.1, CBS, 29, 295, 73, 74
2.1, FOX, 44, 295, 70, 74
9.1, PBS, 30, 295, 66, 72
54.1, PBS, 50, 321, 76, 64

So, uhf50 went down but gained 12 and 7.
All of above stations now lock in successfully with no glitching :)

Note, I have uhf antenna and ABC is now rf=7 VHF.
Still have radio shack vhf antenna patched in, but did not adjust it.

Ubuntu Video Server

2009-05-22T20:12:00.000-07:00

* Intel D945GCLF2 "Little Falls" Mini-ITX mobo w/ dual-core Atom 330 proc (1.6GHz, 533MHz FSB, 1MB L2 cache, 45nm, hyper-threading, step C0, 8W TDP), one 240-pin DDR2 DIMM slot (up to 2GB), 8x USB 2.0, 1x IDE, 2x 3.0Gbps SATA , VGA, s-video out, 10/100/1000 LAN (HWaddr 00:1c:c0:cd:99:15), bios version LF94510J.86A.0140.2008.1231.0012, $82 newegg 5/22/2009.
* Western Digital WD10EADS 1TB HD, $90 newegg 5/22/2009.
* Apex MI-008 mini-itx case w/ stock Allied 250W PSU, $48 newegg 5/22/2009.
* 1GB PC2-4200 (DDR2-533) DIMM, free from imageshack.

Software:
* Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS Desktop

HTPC Info

2008-07-18T03:01:00.000-07:00

Mythtv Backend -- OTA ATSC/HDTV:
* pcHDTV HD-3000 (PCI, Two of 'em)
* Radeon LE (OEM version of Radeon 7200) (32MB DDR, AGP 4x)
* Pentium D 945 LGA775 (aka Socket T) 3.4GHz ("Presler" dual core, 65nm), 2x2048 KiB L2 cache, 800MT/s front side bus, 95W TDP.
* RAM Stick1: 512MB DDR 400MHz CL3 ECC (PC3200) DIMM (HP OEM).
* RAM Stick2: 512MB DDR 400MHz CL3 ECC (PC3200) DIMM (HP OEM). Yes, a twin.
> was: RAM Stick2: 512 MB DDR 400MHz (PC3200) DIMM, OCZ brand [purch. 5/11/05, $30].
Nexus PHT-7750 SkiveTek full-copper heatsink for Socket 775 CPU, quiet, with Artic Silver thermal compound on CPU's heat spreader [3/07]
> was: Intel OEM heatsink & fan (came with Pentium D 945)
ASUS P5P800-SE, Intel 865PE chipset, Socket 775, AGP 8x (AGP 3.0), Dual channel DDR400, GE LAN (HWaddr 00:15:f2:29:4e:92), Serial ATA, 6-channel SoundMax digital audio, USB 2.0, 4PCI, 1066/800/533MHz FSB.
Syba SD-SATA150R-B SATA pci card (2 int sata ports), Silicon Image 3512 chip [Fry's $30, 9/1/08].
400GB SATA Seagate, 7200rpm, 16MB cache, ST3400633AS-RK (ubuntu says "ST3400620AS") [retail box], SN 5QH029FD. installed 7/17/08, boot+swap drive.
500GB SATA Western Digital WDC WD5000AAKS-6 Rev: 12.0 [$90 frys.com purch 1/3/08].
640GB SATA WDC WD6400AAKS-6 Rev: 01.0 [$80 slickdeal, newegg, 8/26/08]
>> Decomm'd 9/1/08: 300GB Maxtor 7200rpm 6L300R0, PATA133, "Ultra16" [$90 Fry's special 11/28/05].
>> Died 7/16/08: 200GB Western Digital WD2000JB-00GVA0 [from rma 4/29/05].
>> Removed from service 1/10/08: 80GB WDC WD800JB-00JJA0.
Hitachi CDR-8335 CDROM, 24x read, IDE PATA.
Cheap Antec case, SLK1600 (Fry's special, beige, Front/Rear 80mm fan mounts).
Seasonic "Super Tornado" SS-300FB Active PFC power supply: ATX 12V rev 1.3 compliant, 300W, Active power factor correction, 120mm fan (70 CFM).
Panaflo FBA08A12L1A (aka PABA08A12L1J) 80mm case fan, mounted on rear panel.

Backend sw:
2010-01-17 15:23:04.863 mythbackend version: 0.21.20080304-1 www.mythtv.org
mythbackend version: 0.21.20080304-1 [4/28/09 upgrade to ubuntu 8.04.2 via gnome Update Manager]
>> was: mythbackend version: 0.20 [1/9/08 upgrade to Mythbuntu 7.10]
>> was: mythbackend version: 0.18.1.20050523-1 (from subversion upgrade 9/24/05).
donn@fatso:~$ cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.22-14-generic (buildd@terranova) (gcc version 4.1.3 20070929 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-16ubuntu2)) #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 07:42:25 UTC 2008
>> was: Linux version 2.6.22-14-generic (buildd@palmer) (gcc version 4.1.3 20070929 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-16ubuntu2)) #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 [upgrade to Mythbuntu 7.10 on 1/9/08]
>> was: Linux kernel 2.6.12-1.1378_FC3 (yum install kernel & reboot, 10/1/05).
DVB driver included with Mythbuntu 7.10 kernel (1/9/08)
>> was: DVB driver included with 2.6.12.x (10/1/05)
>> was: pcHDTV DVB driver 2.0 from tarball, before 10/1/05.
>> was: pcHDTV driver 1.5 (2.6.9 kernel only)
>> was: FC2-3-Kernel-2.6-pcHDTV-driver-1.5.tar.gz
No dvb-apps installed yet (1/9/08)
>> was: dvb-apps from http://www.linuxtv.org/cvs.php
>> was: tools-2.6-a.tar.gz

Mythtv Frontend:
EVGA nVidia GeForce 9500GT 1GB DDR2, PCI-E 2.0, SLI, dual DVI. p/n: 01G-P3-N959-TR [purch. 11/30/2009, TigerDirect]
>> was: nVidia GeForce FX5200 (MSI FX5200-TD128; 128M DDR,DVI-I, 4pin tv-out (s-video out), AGP 8x keyed for both 3.3V and 1.5V compatibility) [was thought to be bad on 4/29/09 but turns out P5P800 mobo was bad]
Pentium Dual-Core E5300 (Wolfdale-3M), Intel 64, LGA775 pkg, 2.6GHz, 2MB L2-cache, 800MHz FSB, 45nm, 65W TDP, S-spec: SLB9U (stepping R0), PCG: 06, part # BX80571E5300. [specs: http://processorfinder.intel.com/Details.aspx?sSpec=SLB9U ] [purch. 11/30/09].
>> was: Pentium 4 Processor 550, LGA775 pkg, 3.4GHz, 1MB L2-cache, 800MHz FSB, 90nm, Hyper-threading, 115W Max TDP. [specs: http://bit.ly/4ALR8V] [purch. 4/22/2005]
Nexus PHT-7750 SkiveTek full-copper heatsink for Socket 775, quiet [1/06]
Four Patriot 1GB DDR2 PC2-6400 (800MHz) CL5 DIMM ramsticks [from jack]
>> was: Mushkin 512MB DDR 400MHz (PC3200) DIMM [purch. 4/19/2005]
Intel DP43TF, Socket 775, P43 Express chipset, four 240-pin DDR2 1.8V SDRAM DIMM sockets (800/667 MHz single or dual channel DDR2; 8GB max.), PCI Express 2.0 x16 video slot, three PCI Express 1.1 x1 slots, 3 x PCI slots, 6 x SATA (3.0 Gb/s), 1 x IDE ATA-66/100 (2 devices on one ribbon), 12 x USB 2.0, 2 x IEEE 1394a firewire, onboard 3-pin S/PDIF out, 10/100/1000 LAN, PS/2 mouse & keyboard, 1 x serial port via onboard header [purch 11/30/2009]
>> was: ASUS P5P800 (P5P800-UAYZ), Socket 775, Intel 865PE & Intel ICH5, Dual-channel DDR400, AGP 8x 1.5V (3.3V not supported), 800/533 MHz FSB, 5 x PCI slots, 2 x SATA, 2 x UltraDMA, SPDIF out (coax), 8 x USB 2.0, 10/100/1000 LAN [purch. 4/22/2005; determined bad on 4/29/09]
Turtle Beach Riviera 5.1 soundcard (installed 6/22/05)
>> was: Crappy Sound Blaster Live! rev.5 (EMU10K1) that wouldn't work with ALSA.
HP DVD Writer 200i (dvd200i)
>> was: Toshiba SD-M1402 DVD-ROM drive (DVD+R/+RW compat.)
IRman on COM2
Microspeed Liberator wireless keyboard/mouse (Sejin SWK-8698WT)
WDC 120GB drive
Maxtor 80GB drive
Maxtor 40GB drive 54098U8
Fixed HD: Hitachi Deskstar 7K80: 80GB 7200RPM, HDS728080PLAT20, sn S2TK6GUE [purch. 4/19/2005]
>> decomm'd: Lian-Li RH-17 removeable hard drive racks
>> moved to upstairs Windows pc: Seagate Scorpion STD224000N DDS-3 DAT drive
Antec P180 HTPC case w/ fanless SilverStone SST-ST30NF (st30nf) power supply
>> was: Black hydraulic case w/ Enermax quiet power supply (Digital Connection)
Emerson EVS-4000 (evs4000) basic video switch (R/L audio + composite video)

Frontend sw:
Linux version 2.6.22-14-generic (buildd@palmer) (gcc version 4.1.3 20070929 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-16ubuntu2)) #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 [upgrade to Mythbuntu 7.10 on 1/9/08]
>> was: Fedora Core 3 stock kernel (from cdroms) 2.6.9-1.667
xorg XvMC disabled. XV enabled.
MythTV: Kernel deinterlacing.
Linux nVidia driver 1.0.9639 [1/9/08]
>> was: 1.0-7174 (NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1.run)
ALSA sound

Panasonic TH-42PWD3 42" Plasma monitor
Harmony Remote
> was: Pronto TSU2000 remote
> was: Pronto DS1000 base
Belkin Omnicube RGBHV 4-port switch
X-10 IR543 remote commander
PCS lighting controls (X10 compat.)
Channel Master 3021 UHF antenna
Channel Master 7777 preamp
RG-6 quad-shielded coax cabling
Two-way coax splitter/combiner:
>> Radio Shack #15-2587 (gold series), #15-1234 (regular)
3-foot coax cables, Radio Shack #15-1541
Dedicated 15A power circuit/feed
45 miles from Sutro tower (SF), Clear line of sight.

I have never had a cable or satellite bill in my whole life :)

===

Old FC3 mythtv FE sound info:
Linux sound config (from stock FC3 cdroms):
alsa-lib-1.0.6-3
alsa-tools-1.0.6-1
alsa-utils-1.0.6-3
alsa-lib-devel-1.0.6-3

Old MythTV (FC3):
Frontend: From cvs sync on 4/22/2005

QT for compiling Mythtv:
qt-devel-3.3.3-8
qt-3.3.3-8

KDE version (rpm -qa), KDE on myth backend:
kdelibs-3.3.0-5
kdebase-3.3.0-8
kdesdk-3.3.0-1
kdeartwork-3.3.0-1
kdegraphics-devel-3.3.0-3
kdeutils-devel-3.3.0-2
kdepim-3.3.0-2
kdemultimedia-3.3.0-2
kdegraphics-3.3.0-3
kdewebdev-3.3.0-1
kdeadmin-3.3.0-1
kdenetwork-3.3.0-5
kdeutils-3.3.0-2
kdelibs-devel-3.3.0-5
kdebase-devel-3.3.0-8
kdenetwork-devel-3.3.0-5
kdesdk-devel-3.3.0-1
kdevelop-3.1.0-2
kdeaddons-3.3.0-2
kdepim-devel-3.3.0-2

Xorg modeline for 42" panasonic plasma:
See config notes in earlier blog entry.

Previous Windows 2000 HTPC:
HiPix DTV-200 ATSC tuner (PCI, Win2k)
Athlon XP 2100+ 1.733GHz
Radeon LE (32MB DDR, AGP 4x)
848x480 @ 60Hz (480p, Powerstrip)
M-Audio Delta DiO 24/96 optical TOSlink, S/PDIF soundcard
3 meter TOSlink cable
RAM Stick: 256 MB DDR266MHz (PC2100) DIMM
Thermalright SLK-800 copper heatsink w/ Arctic Silver thermal compound
Gigabyte GA-7VAXP, KT400, Socket A, IEEE 1394, RAID (2+2 IDE), 10/100, 266/333MHz FSB, AGP 8x/4x/2x, 3DDR DIMM, 5PCI, USB 2.0, 6-ch sound SPDIF in/out optical/coax.
Black hydraulic case w/ Enermax quiet power supply (Digital Connection)

Previous Windows 2000 HTPC Software:
Windows 2000 Pro
DirectX 8.0a
Powerstrip 3.01
Girder 3.0.23
WinDVD 2.8
Winamp 2.78
HiPix 2.3.0
Smartripper 2.41
DVD Decrypter
DVDStarter 2.0
YXY 1.6
ProntoEdit 2.0
M-Audio Delta DiO 24/96 drivers 5.10.0.26 (for Win2k)

Even older stuff:
ADS Pyro BasicDV IEEE1394 (removed, now on mobo)

Jump Ahead/Back Setting have changed

2008-01-10T22:44:00.000-08:00

FastForwardAmount and RewindAmount settings have changed.

Added playgroups which allow default playback options (timestretch, skip and jump intervals) to be set on a per recording schedule basis.
Important: The new default playback group does not inherit the skip settings previously configured in mythfrontend. Please visit the Playback group configuration screen to reset your defaults to the expected behavior.

[ http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Release_Notes_-_0.19#New_Features ]

Thread found about this:

http://readlist.com/lists/mythtv.org/mythtv-users/0/136.html

Mythbuntu 7.10 install

2008-01-10T02:16:00.000-08:00

Hard disk partitions: Make sure root/boot partition is the first one on the first drive. Got grub error 18 (bios can't support cylinder #). So, don't put swap partition first.

Well that didnt matter. Still got lots of grub boot errors 16, 18, others. Then "read failure". Abandoned the WD 80GB drive and kept the WD 200G and Maxtor 300GB. Made root and swap partition on WD200G and bulk storage partition on Mx300G. Both ext3 (ext3 for boot/root partition is recommended; tried XFS and it gave me warnings). Reinstalled off cdrom and now it boots off wd200g drive :)

Did not run mythtv-setup from install disc. Instead shutdown and booted off HD. Then manually set ip address and rebooted for that to take effect.

I notice there's no root password. A google hit says mythbuntu doesn't have a root account. It asks for one user account to be setup. You do all sys maintenance via sudo.

So, this was an annoying problem. If I tried to add/configure DVB tuner cards in mythtv-setup while fresh off the mythbuntu live/boot cdrom, the "Frontend id:" line would say "can't open device" or something like that. But, if I post-pone running mythtv-setup until after I boot off the hard drive, sudo chmod 777 /dev/video* (and vbi* and /dev/dvb/adapter*), then run mythtv-setup, then when I add tuner card that 'frontend' line reads "pcHDTV HD-3000 Subtype: ATSC" :)

Did full channel scan on both tuner cards.
Log looks ok, /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log

Installed frontend next. Plasma did not like resolution/scanrate that the install CD was using, so had to install with computer monitor hooked up to frontend PC. (will have to port old xorg.conf settings later).

Problem: When setting up FE, installer asks for ip addr and password for mysql BE. When I click the "test connection" button, it failed. Moving on with install resulted in installer crash and "Failed to connect to DB: Can't connect to MySQL server on '192.168.1.200' (111)" error near the end of the crash. From BE shell, I can login with 'mysql -u mythtv -p' just fine, but if I add "-h 192.168.1.200" it gives the same msg. So netstat confirms that BE ain't listening to 192.168.1.200:3306 (mysql tcp port):

donn@fatso:/etc/mythtv$ mysql -u mythtv -pHiddenPw -h 192.168.1.200
ERROR 2003 (HY000): Can't connect to MySQL server on '192.168.1.200' (111)
donn@fatso:/etc/mythtv$ netstat -ln grep 3306
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:3306 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN

(only accepting from localhost 127.0.0.1 !)

Compare this to the myth port #:

donn@fatso:/etc/mythtv$ netstat -ln grep 6543
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:6543 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
donn@fatso:/etc/mythtv$

(0.0.0.0 = "any")

So need to sql GRANT remove access to mysql.

Update my.cnf:

root@fatso:~# cat /etc/mysql/my.cnf egrep bind
bind-address = 127.0.0.1 (bad! fix that)

$ service mysql restart

Now it looks good:
root@fatso:~# netstat -ln grep 3306
tcp 0 0 192.168.1.200:3306 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
root@fatso:~#

GRANT permission in mysql to user 'mythtv':
mysql> GRANT ALL ON mythconverg.* TO mailto:mythtv@ IDENTIFIED BY 'HiddenPw';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

Now rerun setup. and now when i click the mysql test button, it says "Connection results: successful" :)

FE video driver: selected 'nvidia' for my nVidia GeForce FX5200 (MSI FX5200-TD128; 128M DDR,DVI-I, 4pin tv-out (s-video out), AGP)

===
For reference, cmds for manually adding/removing tuner card kernel-modules on backend:
modprobe -v cx88-dvb
To remove modules:
modprobe -rv cx88-dvb
modprobe -rv cx8800

Saving frontend soundcard settings before Mythubuntu install

2008-01-09T01:17:00.000-08:00

dvd player (mythDvd setup):
xine -pfhq --no-splash dvd:///dev/hdc

mythVideo:
mplayer -fs -zoom -monitoraspect 16:9 -quiet -vo x11,xv -ao alsa:device=digital2c %s

Important xine + soundcard setup info:
http://mymythtv.blogspot.com/2005/06/turtle-beach-riviera-installation.html

fe: /root/.asoundrc


[root@myth root]# cat .asoundrc
pcm.digital {
type plug
slave.pcm "digital-hw"
}
pcm.digital-hw {
type hw
card 0
device 0
}

pcm.digital2 {
type plug
slave.pcm "digital-hw2"
}
pcm.digital-hw2 {
type hw
card 1
device 0
}

pcm.digital2b {
type plug
slave.pcm "digital-hw2b"
}
pcm.digital-hw2b {
type hw
card 1
device 1
}

pcm.digital2c {
type plug
slave.pcm "digital-hw2c"
}
pcm.digital-hw2c {
type hw
card 1
device 2
}

pcm.!iec958 {
type plug
slave.pcm "hw:1,2"
}
ctl.!iec958 {
type hw
card 1
}

pcm.emu10k1 {
type hw
card 0
}

ctl.emu10k1 {
type hw
card 0
}

Old Athlon Backend Info

2007-04-26T23:18:00.000-07:00

Before Pentium D proc, was: Athlon XP 2100+ 1.733GHz
>> Clocked via bios at 138MHz (originally 133).
>> Clocked at 143MHz w/ +5% overvoltage: Stable & Vcore = 1.888V
>> Clocked at 153MHz w/ +7.5% overvoltage: Won't boot.
>> Clocked at 148MHz w/ +7.5% overvoltage: Vcore = 1.984V, Crash during prime95.
>> Clocked at 145MHz w/ +7.5% overvoltage: Vcore = 1.984V, 1884.8MHz Core speed, 13x multiplier, 145.0MHz FSB, 289.9MHz Bus speed; Got hard lockup after a couple hours.
>> [ Reported by CPU-Z ]
>> Prev stable: 143MHz w/ +5% overvoltage.
>> CPU overheating (segfaults when recompiling mythtv). Back to basic clocking.
Thermalright SLK-800 copper heatsink w/ Arctic Silver thermal compound on Athlon proc.
Gigabyte GA-7VAXP, KT400, Socket A, IEEE 1394, RAID (2+2 IDE), 10/100, 266/333MHz FSB, AGP 8x/4x/2x, 3 DDR DIMM slots, 5PCI, USB 2.0, 6-ch sound SPDIF in/out optical/coax. No SATA.
mythbackend version: 0.18.20050504-1 (from cvs).
Linux kernel 2.6.11-1.14_FC3 before 10/1/05.

New heat sink for BE

2007-03-01T01:05:00.000-08:00

Installed new copper heat sink on BE server tonight. Replaces crappy stock one that came with Pentium D proc. Same heatsink that the FE server has been enjoying: Nexus PHT-7750 SkiveTek full-copper heatsink for Socket 775, quiet. Artic Silver thermal compound (thermal grease) used after cleaning the cpu's heat spreader with 91% isopropyl alcohol (scrubbed with a lint-free chamois stick).

Processes to restart after BE reboot

2007-02-28T23:32:00.000-08:00

What to restart after reboot:

nohup mythbackend > /tmp/mythbackend.log 2>&1 &

Run squid twice:
/usr/sbin/squid -z
/usr/sbin/squid

Samba (should be running from rc.local):
/usr/sbin/smbd -D
/usr/sbin/nmbd -D

Update Fedora for new DST changes (2007 rules)

2007-02-28T15:46:00.000-08:00

Good info:
http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleId=2926

tzdata.noarch 2005r-3.fc3 updates-released
Matched from:
tzdata

tzdata.noarch 2004e-2 base
Matched from:
tzdata

tzdata.noarch 2004e-2 installed
Matched from:
tzdata
[root@myth ~]#

Confirm my system needs a tzdata update:

[root@myth ~]# zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2007
/etc/localtime Sun Apr 1 09:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Apr 1 01:59:59 2007 PST
isdst=0 gmtoff=-28800
/etc/localtime Sun Apr 1 10:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Apr 1 03:00:00 2007 PDT
isdst=1 gmtoff=-25200
/etc/localtime Sun Oct 28 08:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Oct 28 01:59:59 2007 PDT
isdst=1 gmtoff=-25200
/etc/localtime Sun Oct 28 09:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Oct 28 01:00:00 2007 PST
isdst=0 gmtoff=-28800

---------------------------------------------------
Apr 1 is not correct for 2007.

---------------------------------------------------

yum update tzdata:

[root@myth ~]# yum update tzdata
Setting up Update Process
Setting up Repo: at-stable
repomd.xml 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00

Setting up Repo: dag
repomd.xml 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00

Setting up Repo: base
repomd.xml 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00

Setting up Repo: python24
repomd.xml 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00

Setting up Repo: updates-released
repomd.xml 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00

Reading repository metadata in from local files
at-stable : ################################################## 830/830
dag : ################################################## 5455/5455
base : ################################################## 2622/2622
python24 : ################################################## 4/4
updates-re: ################################################## 910/910
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for tzdata to pack into transaction set.
tzdata-2005r-3.fc3.noarch 9% |== | 16 kB 00:04 E
tzdata-2005r-3.fc3.noarch 32% |======== | 56 kB 00:02 E
tzdata-2005r-3.fc3.noarch 60% |=============== | 104 kB 00:01 E
tzdata-2005r-3.fc3.noarch 88% |====================== | 152 kB 00:00 E
tzdata-2005r-3.fc3.noarch 100% |=========================| 172 kB 00:01

---> Package tzdata.noarch 0:2005r-3.fc3 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check

Dependencies Resolved
Transaction Listing:
Update: tzdata.noarch 0:2005r-3.fc3
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
tzdata-2005r-3.fc3.noarch 5% |= | 24 kB 00:07 E
tzdata-2005r-3.fc3.noarch 20% |===== | 88 kB 00:05 E
tzdata-2005r-3.fc3.noarch 29% |======= | 128 kB 00:04 E
tzdata-2005r-3.fc3.noarch 38% |========= | 168 kB 00:03 E
tzdata-2005r-3.fc3.noarch 47% |=========== | 208 kB 00:03 E
tzdata-2005r-3.fc3.noarch 56% |============== | 248 kB 00:02 E
tzdata-2005r-3.fc3.noarch 68% |================= | 296 kB 00:01 E
tzdata-2005r-3.fc3.noarch 79% |=================== | 344 kB 00:01 E
tzdata-2005r-3.fc3.noarch 90% |====================== | 392 kB 00:00 E
tzdata-2005r-3.fc3.noarch 100% |=========================| 435 kB 00:00 E
tzdata-2005r-3.fc3.noarch 100% |=========================| 435 kB 00:03

Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Updating: tzdata 100 % done 1/2
Completing update for tzdata - 2/2

Updated: tzdata.noarch 0:2005r-3.fc3
Complete!
[root@myth ~]#

---------------------------------------------------

Confirm fix:

[root@myth ~]# zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2007
/etc/localtime Sun Apr 1 09:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Apr 1 01:59:59 2007 PST
isdst=0 gmtoff=-28800
/etc/localtime Sun Apr 1 10:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Apr 1 03:00:00 2007 PDT
isdst=1 gmtoff=-25200
/etc/localtime Sun Oct 28 08:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Oct 28 01:59:59 2007 PDT
isdst=1 gmtoff=-25200
/etc/localtime Sun Oct 28 09:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Oct 28 01:00:00 2007 PST
isdst=0 gmtoff=-28800

Hrm, still not right. Tried a reboot, but didn't help. Then found:

http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_85_9951.shtm

The following confirms that localtime hasn't been updated:

[root@myth ~]# ls -l /etc/localtime
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1017 May 7 2005 /etc/localtime

Do I have the time/date control panel? (yes)

[root@myth ~]# which system-config-date
/usr/bin/system-config-date

[root@myth ~]# date
Thu Mar 1 00:44:54 PST 2007

Run the control panel gui (must be in X windows to use this tool):

[root@myth ~]# system-config-date

(This runs the timezone control panel in X11/gui. Don't need to change anything, just click the OK button and /etc/localtime will be updated automatically.)

Now /etc/localtime has been updated:

[root@myth ~]# ls -l /etc/localtime
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1017 Mar 1 00:45 /etc/localtime

Now zdump confirms the correct (new) DST rules are in effect:

[root@myth ~]# zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2007
/etc/localtime Sun Mar 11 09:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 01:59:59 2007 PST isdst=0 gmtoff=-28800
/etc/localtime Sun Mar 11 10:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 03:00:00 2007 PDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-25200
/etc/localtime Sun Nov 4 08:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Nov 4 01:59:59 2007 PDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-25200
/etc/localtime Sun Nov 4 09:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Nov 4 01:00:00 2007 PST isdst=0 gmtoff=-28800

Now restart all processes that are date sensitive (mythbackend!)

Done!

mplayer painting problem

2007-02-01T13:24:00.000-08:00

when playing any video file in mplayer, it would not black-out the background/desktop completely. Switching to sw decoding fixed this:

sw mpeg:
mplayer -vo x11

broken one was:
-vo xv

KBHK is now KBCW

2006-11-15T22:26:00.000-08:00

Re: Smallville and WB20
... the two old networks was merged and carried over to the CW network. In the Bay Area the CW affiliate is KBCW which was formerly KBHK and was a UPN affiliate. Look for Smallville and Supernatural in their old Thursday night slots on channel 44 (KBCW). They are ...
[HDTV-in-SFbay y! group]

Restoring missing program listings

2006-11-15T22:21:00.000-08:00

* Checked that zap2it subscription was not expired.
* Looked at lineup details and saw all the DT stations were missing.
* Deleted the orig lineup.
* Added new Broadcast lineup for my zip code
* Selected DT stations I want program listings/data for.

Yum repos

2006-10-09T01:08:00.000-07:00

yum.conf:

[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=redhat-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
retries=10
timeout=10
obsoletes=1
gpgcheck=1

[at-stable]
name=ATrpms for Fedora Core $releasever stable
baseurl=http://apt.atrpms.net/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/at-stable

=============
[root@be yum.repos.d]# cat fedora-updates-testing.repo
[updates-testing]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Test Updates
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/tes
ting/$releasever/$basearch/
mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/updates-testing-fc$rele
asever
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1

[root@be yum.repos.d]# cat fedora-updates.repo
[updates-released]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Released Updates
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/$re
leasever/$basearch/
mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/updates-released-fc$rel
easever
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1

[root@be yum.repos.d]# cat fedora-devel.repo
[development]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - Development Tree
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development
/$basearch/
mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/fedora-core-rawhide
enabled=0

[root@myth yum.repos.d]# cat dag.repo
[dag]
name=Dag RPM Repository for Fedora Core
baseurl=http://rh-mirror.linux.iastate.edu/pub/dag/fedora/$releasever/en/$ba
search/dag
#baseurl=http://apt.sw.be/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/dag
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1

Testing ffmpeg cropping with a 13min clip

2006-05-16T03:53:00.000-07:00

Encode 3 versions:
a. -croptop 350 then -s
b. -s then -croptop 350
c. no crop

Results: (a) is correct, (b) is very wrong. (a) is missing top pixels and stretched vertically to fit (expected), (b) is too small (720x144 even though -s specifies 720x480) and has horrid filler pixels at the bottom.

Need to crop more than 10 pixels off the top to remove extra digital tv signal stream (noise at top of screen). Try 20 pixels. [Actually 16 pixels off the top proved to be good]

[root@be scripts]# ffmpeg -y -i /mnt/progamer_goodCut.0000.mpg -r 29.97003 -
target dvd -b 8000 -croptop 20 -s 720x480 -deinterlace -copyts > -aspect 16:9 -acodec copy /mythtv/fatal1ty_ff-dvd-cropB4resize.mpg; > ffmpeg -y -i /mnt/progamer_goodCut.0000.mpg -r 29.97003 > -target dvd -b 8000 -s 720x480 -croptop 20 -deinterlace -copyts > -aspect 16:9 -acodec copy /mythtv/fatal1ty_ff-dvd-sizeB4crop.mpg; > ffmpeg -y -i /mnt/progamer_goodCut.0000.mpg -r 29.97003 > -target dvd -b 8000 -s 720x480 -deinterlace -copyts > -aspect 16:9 -acodec copy /mythtv/fatal1ty_ff-dvd-nocrop.mpg

FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
configuration: --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --
enable-mp3lame --enable-libogg --enable-vorbis --enable-theora --enable-faad
bin --enable-xvid --enable-a52 --enable-a52bin --enable-pp --enable-shared -
-enable-pthreads --enable-dc1394 --enable-gpl --disable-strip --extra-cflags
=-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -m32 -march=i386 -f
asynchronous-unwind-tables
libavutil version: 49.0.0
libavcodec version: 51.7.0
libavformat version: 50.3.0
built on Mar 1 2006 06:18:11, gcc: 3.4.4 20050721 (Red Hat 3.4.4-2)
Input #0, mpeg, from '/mnt/progamer_goodCut.0000.mpg':
Duration: 00:13:01.0, start: 20241.810111, bitrate: 17847 kb/s
Stream #0.0[0x1e0], 29.97 fps(r): Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 1920x1080, 1
8800 kb/s
Stream #0.1[0x80]: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 384 kb/s
Assuming NTSC for target.
Output #0, dvd, to '/mythtv/fatal1ty_ff-dvd-cropB4resize.mpg':
Stream #0.0, 29.97 fps(c): Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720x480, q=2-31, 80
00 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 384 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
Press [q] to stop encoding
frame= 797 q=2.0 size= 13522kB time=26.2 bitrate=4221.5kbits/s

Encoding to Xvid instead of DVD

2006-05-09T21:22:00.000-07:00

After much struggle with audio sync, found a thread that suggested '-async 50' and this worked.

[root@be mythtv]# ffmpeg -y -i /mnt/finland.0000.mpg -t 60 -vcodec xvid -vtag
xvid -s 320x180 -b 1500 -copyts -deinterlace -acodec mp3 -ab 128 -async 50
finland_ff-xvid-noGOP-noRate-async50-vcodecXvid_h2m.avi

FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
configuration: --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man
--enable-mp3lame --enable-libogg --enable-vorbis --enable-theora
--enable-faadbin --enable-xvid --enable-a52 --enable-a52bin --enable-pp
--enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-dc1394 --enable-gpl --disable-strip
--extra-cflags=-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -m32
-march=i386 -fasynchronous-unwind-tables
libavutil version: 49.0.0
libavcodec version: 51.7.0
libavformat version: 50.3.0
built on Mar 1 2006 06:18:11, gcc: 3.4.4 20050721 (Red Hat 3.4.4-2)
Input #0, mpeg, from '/mnt/finland.0000.mpg':
Duration: 00:58:36.6, start: 31022.294233, bitrate: 17116 kb/s
Stream #0.0[0x1e0], 29.97 fps(r): Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 1920x1080,
65000 kb/s
Stream #0.1[0x80]: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5 channels, 384 kb/s
Output #0, avi, to 'finland_ff-xvid-noGOP-noRate-async50-vcodecXvid_h2m.avi':
Stream #0.0, 29.97 fps(c): Video: xvid, yuv420p, 320x180, q=2-31, 1500 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 128 kb/s

Larger size encoding (16:9):

# nice ffmpeg -y -i finland_px-tom2p.m2p -vcodec xvid -vtag
xvid -s 720x406 -b 2500 -copyts -deinterlace -acodec mp3 -ab 128
-async 50 finland_ff-xvid-720x406-async50-2500bps-vcodecXvid_px-tom2p.avi

Sadly, after encoding the whole 1hr show, the audio would get out of sync when there were the usual atsc glitches. Gave up on xvid. Stick with conversion to DVD compliant mpg.

HD2DVD process

2006-05-09T13:36:00.000-07:00

cat howto/hd2dvd_process.txt

Look up nuv file with mythrecordings.py
[root@myth ~]# /home/donn/scripts/mythrecordings.py

Correct nuv file with projectx (this is my script to make running PX easier):
[root@be scripts]# ./projectx.sh /mythtv myfixednuv /mnt/1041_20060509003700_20060509013600.nuv

NOTE: use -tom2p option of projectx! Don't demux (has bugs with hidef context)

Script is basically:
/root/tmp_jre/jre1.5.0_06/bin/java
-jar /root/tmp/projectx_0_90_4_doom9/ProjectX_Source_0.90.4/ProjectX.jar
-tom2p -out "$OUTDIR" -name "$OUTNAME" "$INFILE"

PX creates: myfixednuv.m2p
m2p/mpg is MPEG PS (rather than TS) and playable with windows media player, etc.

Encode to DVD-compliant video with ffmpeg (copy audio stream at same time). This file can be played with mplayer, windows media player, etc.:
[root@be scripts]# ffmpeg -y -i myfixednuv.m2p -r ntsc -target dvd -b 8000
-s 720x480 -deinterlace -copyts
-aspect 16:9 -acodec copy /mythtv/mydvdcompliant.mpg

If source video is 4:3, use -aspect 4:3

Optionally, check dvd compliant .mpg with mplayer:
mplayer -vo dummy -ao dummy -identify /mythtv/mydvdcompliant.mpg 2>&1 | grep "VIDEO|AUDIO"

Play .mpg file with xine:
# xine -pfhq --no-splash file:/mythtv/mydvdcompliant.mpg

Note, atsc files inevitably have some dropouts (transmission glitches) and this caused mplayer to lose audio and then halt. Playing the same file in xine results in no problems (except the glitches themselves, of course).

Build DVD disc layout with dvdauthor (output dir is 'mydvd'):
dvdauthor -o mydvd -x dvd.xml

Where dvd.xml is:
<dvdauthor>
<vmgm />
<titleset>
<titles>
<audio lang="en" />
<pgc>
<vob file="mydvdcompliant.mpg" chapters="0,10:00,15:00,20:00" />
</pgc>
</titles>
</titleset>
</dvdauthor>

Or via CLI for scripting (two programs as back-to-back chapters):
dvdauthor -o /mythtv/dvd_mars_prague -t -a ac3+en -c 0,10:00,20:00,30:00,40:00,50:00 mars_px_ff-dvd.mpg -c 0,5:00,10:00,15:00,20:00 prague_px_ff-dvd.mpg

Build video_ts.ifo:
dvdauthor -o /mythtv/dvd_mars_prague/ -T

Together:
# dvdauthor -o dvd_concorde_paris -t -a ac3+en
-c 0,10:00,20:00,30:00,40:00,50:00 concorde_px_ff-dvd.mpg
-c 0,5:00,10:00,15:00,20:00 paris_px_ff-dvd.mpg;
dvdauthor -o dvd_concorde_paris -T

Play from hard drive with xine:
# xine -pfhq dvd:///mythtv/dvd_mars_prague/

Footnotes:
* Thanks to Mike Shell for pointing out another nuance of ffmpeg: If you crop or pad, the order is very important. It makes a difference if crop/pad is entered before (or after) setting the video size (-s 720x480).

* During all this hassling with ffmpeg, I tried other programs: mencoder, transcode, and tmpgenc (Windows). I can say with ease, that ffmpeg is light years faster than these other programs, and its speed (and quality) is the main reason I worked hard to get ffmpeg to work with my recordings. The ffmpeg command line is not so bad after you are fluent in it. And now I've reduced the number of options so the command is shorter. Actually, it's kinda fun reading the ffmpeg lines used by other people. Yeah, the geek that I am.

Scripts I wrote to automate the process:

Script for making .m2p file with projectx:

donn@fatso:~/scripts/root_scripts$ cat projectx.sh #!/bin/bash if [ $# -ne 3 ]; then echo 1>&2 "Usage: $0 outdir outname " exit 127 fi OUTDIR="$1" OUTNAME="$2" INFILE="$3" /root/tmp_jre/jre1.5.0_06/bin/java -jar /root/tmp/projectx_0_90_4_doom9/ProjectX_Source_0.90.4/ProjectX.jar -tom2p -out "$OUTDIR" -name "$OUTNAME" "$INFILE" # Show user the aspect ratio. mplayer -vo dummy -ao dummy -identify "${OUTDIR}/${OUTNAME}.m2p" 2>&1 | grep VIDEO



===
Script for converting .m2p file to DVD .mpg


donn@fatso:~/scripts/root_scripts$ cat convert_m2p.sh
#!/bin/bash

if [ $# -ne 3 ]; then
    echo 1>&2 "Usage: $0 src_dir outdir basename"
    echo 1>&2 "       $0 /mnt/nfs /mythtv leno_clip"
    echo 1>&2 "       if srcfile is /mnt/nfs/leno_clip.m2p"
    exit 127
fi

date

SRCDIR="$1"
OUTDIR="$2"
OUTNAME="$3"

# Get AR.

ASPECTTMP=`mplayer -vo dummy -ao dummy -identify "${SRCDIR}/${OUTNAME}.m2p" 2>&1 | egrep VIDEO\_ASPECT`
#echo $ASPECTTMP
# This ($ASPECTTMP2) is 1.3333 or 1.777
ASPECTTMP2=`expr match "$ASPECTTMP"  '[=_A-Z]\+\(.\+\)'`
echo "Numerical aspect is $ASPECTTMP2"
# Keep only '[0-9].[0-9]'
ASPECTNUM=`expr match "$ASPECTTMP2"  '\([0-9]\.[0-9]\)'`
# ASPECTNUM is "1.3" or "1.7"
#echo $ASPECTNUM

if [ $ASPECTNUM == "1.3" ]; then
    ASPECT="4:3"
else
    ASPECT="16:9"
fi
echo "Aspect ratio is $ASPECT"

echo "Running ffmpeg."
echo "Input is  : ${SRCDIR}/${OUTNAME}.m2p"
echo "Outputting: ${OUTDIR}/${OUTNAME}_ff-dvd.mpg"

nice ffmpeg -y -i "${SRCDIR}/${OUTNAME}.m2p" -r ntsc -target dvd -b 2048k \
-s 720x480 -deinterlace -copyts \
-aspect $ASPECT -acodec copy "${OUTDIR}/${OUTNAME}_ff-dvd.mpg"

date


Poor quality video (lots of blockiness):

From the ffmpeg docs:

"The parameter 'q' which is displayed while encoding is the current quantizer. The value 1 indicates that a very good quality could be achieved. The value 31 indicates the worst quality. If q=31 appears too often, it means that the encoder cannot compress enough to meet your bitrate. You must either increase the bitrate, decrease the frame rate or decrease the frame size."

For target type 'dvd', this gave q of 5-10 (for a HD recording):

-target dvd -b 2048k

More tips from the ffmpeg docs:


* To have a constant quality (but a variable bitrate), use the option '-qscale n' when 'n' is between 1 (excellent quality) and 31 (worst quality).
* When converting video files, you can use the '-sameq' option which uses the same quality factor in the encoder as in the decoder. It allows almost lossless encoding.


Using -qscale instead of -b:  Found blog that said best (best tradeoff of quality to filesize) qscale numbers are 5, 9, 11.  [ http://www.kilobitspersecond.com/2007/05/24/ffmpeg-quality-comparison/ ]



Good audio sync AND no buffer underflows
2006-05-09T03:16:00.000-07:00
It took a lot of testing, sheesh. But finally...

The following resulted in good quality video and no underflow errors, but audio sync was way off (video lagged):

# ffmpeg -y -i /mythtv/finland_px.m2v -r ntsc -target dvd 
-b 3000 -s 720x480 -copyts -aspect 16:9 /mythtv/finland_ff_px.mpg

Problem is that duration of show is incorrect!  

Input #0, mpegvideo, from '/mythtv/finland_px.m2v':
  Duration: 01:40:23.6, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 8999 kb/s
  Stream #0.0, 29.97 fps(r): Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 1920x1080, 9000 kb/s
Assuming NTSC for target.
Output #0, dvd, to '/mythtv/finland_ff-deinterlaced_px.mpg':
  Stream #0.0, 29.97 fps(c): Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720x480, q=2-31, 3000 kb
/s
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Press [q] to stop encoding

ffmpeg reports that duration is "Duration: 01:40:23.6" which is not correct for this 1 hour show.  Perhaps ProjectX is miscalculating the length of the video, and note that bitrate is capped at 8999. This explains why video was lagging badly, it was playing 1hr of video over a period of 1:40:23! Slooooooow....

mplayer agrees that length is 01:40:

# mplayer -vo dummy -ao dummy -identify finland_px.m2v 2>&1
Playing finland_px.m2v.
MPEG-ES file format detected.
ID_VIDEO_ID=0
VIDEO:  MPEG2  1920x1080  (aspect 3)  29.970 fps  9000.0 kbps (1125.0 kbyte/s)
ID_FILENAME=finland_px.m2v
ID_VIDEO_FORMAT=0x10000002
ID_VIDEO_BITRATE=9000000
ID_VIDEO_WIDTH=1920
ID_VIDEO_HEIGHT=1080
ID_VIDEO_FPS=29.970
ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=1.7778
ID_LENGTH=6023

6023/60 is 100.38m = 1hr 40m 23s! This means ProjectX is putting wrong duration in the m2v file. Maybe we can hexedit the value in the file somewhere? Maybe there's more PX command line options to try?  Who knows.

Also note "Input #0, mpegvideo", which differs from "Input #0, mpeg" in the hdtvtompeg2 example below.

UPDATE: Found this on myth-users (will try next):
> don't demux with projectX, it has problems with its demux code and
> theres really no reason to demux with it, just output with --tom2p
> which will output a PS stream with proper audio sync.

UPDATE2: -tom2p option works. When feeding px .m2p to ffmpeg, ffmpeg now reports correct duration and bitrate:
Input #0, mpeg, from 'finland_px-tom2p.m2p':
  Duration: 00:58:54.7, start: 38287.531567, bitrate: 16765 kb/s
  Stream #0.0[0x1e0], 29.97 fps(r): Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 1920x1080, 65000 kb/s

Next try using hdtvtompeg2 file as the source file. This time duration is correct (00:58:36). Note, audio processing is done simultaneously so there's no muxing later:

# ffmpeg -y -i /mnt/finland.0000.mpg -t 600 -r ntsc -target dvd
-b 3000 -s 720x480 -deinterlace -copyts -aspect 16:9 
-acodec copy /mythtv/fin-ff-h2m.mpg

(-t 600 for a 10min test clip)

Input #0, mpeg, from '/mnt/finland.0000.mpg':
  Duration: 00:58:36.6, start: 31022.294233, bitrate: 17116 kb/s
  Stream #0.0[0x1e0], 29.97 fps(r): Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 1920x1080, 65000
kb/s
  Stream #0.1[0x80]: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5 channels, 384 kb/s
Assuming NTSC for target.
Output #0, dvd, to '/mythtv/fin-ff-h2m.mpg':
  Stream #0.0, 29.97 fps(c): Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720x480, q=2-31, 3000 kb
/s
  Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5 channels, 384 kb/s
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
  Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
Press [q] to stop encoding

Note how bitrate is now much higher (17116 kbps, and 65000 kbps). This is likely the correct bitrate. And in fact, it worked.  Audio/video sync was perfect.

Maybe there's a way to use the -b option with -i (the input file). Maybe force format to mpeg instead of 'mpegvideo' with -f mpeg?

-f mpeg did not work with PX m2v file:

[root@be mythtv]# ffmpeg -y -f mpeg -i /mythtv/finland_px.m2v -r ntsc -target dvd
 -b 3000 -s 720x480 -copyts -aspect 16:9 /mythtv/finland_force_ff_px.mpg
FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
  libavutil version: 49.0.0
  libavcodec version: 51.7.0
  libavformat version: 50.3.0
  built on Mar  1 2006 06:18:11, gcc: 3.4.4 20050721 (Red Hat 3.4.4-2)
Input #0, mpeg, from '/mythtv/finland_px.m2v':
  Duration: N/A, bitrate: N/A
Assuming NTSC for target.
No audio or video streams available

-b 65000 did not work on m2v file:

ffmpeg -y -b 65000 -i /mythtv/finland_px.m2v -t 60 -r ntsc ...
"Duration: 01:40:23.6, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 8999 kb/s"


HDTVtoMPEG2 instead of projectx
2006-05-07T16:04:00.000-07:00
ProjectX has problems with the conan_finland show, so tried hdtvtompeg2 (windows). Made public samba share. Symlinked to .nuv file, named symlink foo.nuv.  Convert to finland.0000.mpg (mpeg2) with hdtvtompeg2. Xfer to FE. then:

# ffmpeg -y -i finland.0000.mpg -pass 1 -passlogfile fin_passfile 
-target dvd -s 720x480 -deinterlace -r 30000/1001 -b 3200 
-minrate 1500 -maxrate 7000 -aspect 16:9 -bufsize 8192 
-acodec copy fin_h2m.mpg

Problem was that there were lots of 'buffer underflow' messages and video/audio sync was off.  Later, I looked at how mytharchive runs ffmpeg and followed its ffmpeg cli options to the tee.  Seems that the -copyts option might do the trick.

Then dvdauthor.  
(don't need to mplex since we are processing audio with the video (-acodec copy)


Upgraded ffmpeg & projectx
2006-05-07T04:26:00.000-07:00
After getting lots of buffer underflow errors, upgraded ffmpeg to latest version.  Had to use ATrpms repository and comment out DAG repository.

UPDATE: Using latest versions of ffmpeg & px did not help the underflow errors.

[root@be yum.repos.d]# ffmpeg -version
FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
  configuration:  --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --enable-mp3lame --enable-libogg --enable-vorbis --enable-theora --enable-faadbin --enable-xvid -
-enable-a52 --enable-a52bin --enable-pp --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-dc1394 --enable-gpl --disable-strip --extra-cflags=-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOU
RCE=2 -fexceptions -m32 -march=i386 -fasynchronous-unwind-tables
  libavutil version: 49.0.0
  libavcodec version: 51.7.0
  libavformat version: 50.3.0
  built on Mar  1 2006 06:18:11, gcc: 3.4.4 20050721 (Red Hat 3.4.4-2)
ffmpeg      CVS
libavutil   3211264
libavcodec  3344128
libavformat 3277568

===
Got new projectx zip file from doom9.  Now run as:
# /root/tmp_jre/jre1.5.0_06/bin/java -jar /root/tmp/projectx_0_90_4_doom9/ProjectX_Source_0.90.4/ProjectX.jar -out /mythtv -name finland_newpx_demux /mnt/1039_20060311003700_20060311013600.nuv


Script that shows all recordings titles, filenames
2006-05-06T00:11:00.000-07:00
Full-text version of this script is at:
http://www.donnlee.com/static/mythtv/mythrecordings.py.txt

#!/usr/bin/python

import sys
import re
import MySQLdb

MYTHDIR = '/mythtv/recordings'

def GetSQLdict(sql):
   try:
      db = MySQLdb.Connect(host="localhost", port=3306, user="root", passwd=
"mypass", db="mythconverg")
      c=db.cursor(MySQLdb.cursors.DictCursor)
   except:
      return 'FAILED'
   # Execute the SQL query.
   try:
       c.execute(sql)
   except:
       return 'FAILED'
   # Get results as a dictionary. Column names are dict keys.
   Results = c.fetchall()
   db.close()
   return Results

sql = "SELECT chanid,starttime,endtime,title,subtitle,description FROM recor
dedprogram order by starttime desc"
Results = GetSQLdict(sql)

for r in Results:
  chanid        = r['chanid']
  starttime     = str(r['starttime'])
  endtime       = str(r['endtime'])
  title         = r['title']
  subtitle      = r['subtitle']
  description   = r['description']

  # Remove hyphen, colon, space, and '.00' from time values.
  p_starttime = re.sub(r'[-: ]|\.00', '', starttime)
  p_endtime = re.sub(r'[-: ]|\.00', '', endtime)

  f = '%s/%s_%s_%s.nuv' % (MYTHDIR, chanid, p_starttime, p_endtime)

  print '%s' % starttime
  print "%s - %s" % (title, subtitle)
  print description
  print f
  print

# End.


ATSC to HDTV without any GUI's (ffmpeg)
2006-05-05T17:51:00.000-07:00
So converting to DVD works fine with avidemux2, except for the fact that when I use "DVD (lavcodec)" the video file is too small and the video quality sucks rocks.  My goal is to go 100% non-gui: Abandon avidemux2 because it is heavily GUI dependent. It does have a command line mode, but I can't figure it out, and even if I did, cli mode still requires X11 and gtk for some reason.

Since I'm really running avidemux to use ffmpeg, why not just use ffmpeg instead of avidemux? Sounds like a decent plan.  So here goes...

After much reading of ffmpeg, I settled on the following ffmpeg procedure:

Do two pass encoding where the first pass is:

nice ffmpeg -y -hq -i mars_demux.m2v -pass 1 -passlogfile mars_rate7500_passfile -target dvd -s 720x480 -deinterlace -r 30000/1001 -b 3200 -minrate 1500 -maxrate 7500 -aspect 4:3 -bufsize 4096 mars_out.mpg

After this completes, repeat the same command but with "-pass 2".

Explanation of ffmpeg options I used:
-y: Overwrite existing files (don't prompt user).
-hq: Enable high-quality mode (uh, sure, sounds good).
-i mars_demux.m2v: This is the video file produced when running the .nuv file thru ProjectX.
-pass 1: This is the first pass of two passes.
-passlogfile mars_rate7500_passfile: Specifies the file to write/read first pass data.
-target dvd: We want DVD formatted video to be outputted.
-s 720x480: Output will be standard DVD resolution (NTSC).
-deinterlace: We want progressive scan, not interlaced.
-r 30000/1001: Set frame rate to 29.97 ('-r 29.97' or '-r ntsc' should also work).
-b 3200: Set video bitrate to 3200kbps. Lower this if getting buffer underflow msgs.
-minrate 1500: Set min data rate to 1500kbps (VBR video).
-maxrate 7500: Set max data rate to 7500kbps. Max allowed by DVD spec is 9800, but probably wise to go no higher than 9000. There's a ffmpeg bug that might still exist that causes problems with high rates, http://www.transcoding.org/cgi-bin/transcode?DVtoDVD
-aspect 4:3 : This is the aspect ratio of the source video. This show was not widescreen. If it was then I would do -aspect 16:9.
-bufsize 4096 : This sets the DVD rate control buffer size (may not be needed but some examples I saw set this, and it seems reasonable to me). Seems to be a standard value of 224kb, but I got 'buffer underflow' error messages, so increased it to 1840. This was ok on a non-hidef show, but not enough for HD. So 4096. But this did not stop the buffer underflow errors either, so upgraded ffmpeg to a newer version.
mars_out.mpg: The name of the outputted DVD video.

Here's the output 

ffmpeg version 0.4.9-pre1, build 4730, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
  configuration:  --host=i686-redhat-linux-gnu --build=i686-redhat-linux-gnu --target=i386-redhat-linux --program-prefix= --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc --datadir=/usr/share --includedir=/usr/include --libdir=/usr/lib --libexecdir=/usr/libexec --localstatedir=/var --sharedstatedir=/usr/com --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --extra-cflags=-O2 -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 --enable-mp3lame --enable-vorbis --enable-faad --enable-faac --enable-xvid --enable-pp --enable-shared-pp --enable-shared --enable-gpl --disable-strip
  built on Jan 15 2005 14:50:54, gcc: 3.4.2 20041017 (Red Hat 3.4.2-6.fc3)
Input #0, mpegvideo, from 'mars_demux.m2v':
  Duration: N/A, bitrate: N/A
  Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg2video, 704x480, 29.97 fps
Assuming NTSC for target.
File 'mars_rate7500_ffmpeg.mpg' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] y
Output #0, dvd, to 'mars_rate7500_ffmpeg.mpg':
  Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg2video (hq), 720x480, 29.97 fps, q=2-31, pass 1, 6000 kb/s
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
[mpeg2video @ 0x5edce30]Warning min_rate > 0 but min_rate != max_rate isnt recommanded!
Press [q] to stop encoding
frame=40458 q=0.0 size=  739888kB time=1349.9 bitrate=4490.0kbits/s

Ignore the message "Warning min_rate > 0 but min_rate != max_rate isnt recommanded". http://www.cdr-zone.com/forum/about2271.html

Some insight to why the recorded source is 704x480 instead of 720x480 I found in this page:

"The 720-pixel-wide DV frame is actually slightly wider than the 720-pixel-wide DVD-Video frame--technically, the two formats have a slightly different pixel aspect ratio, and therefore display aspect ratio--so that if you encode DV directly to DVD without changing the size, the image will be slightly "squished" horizontally. The difference is small enough that it's usually not visible, but if you want to get the correct aspect ratio, you can clip 16 pixels from the left and/or right borders to get a 704-pixel-wide frame, which is also legal for DVDs. In particular, TV broadcasts often have thin black bars at the left and right due to the frame size difference, and clipping these off will also improve encoding quality. (For these reasons, it is also preferable to clip the video frame before resizing when using half-width or half-width/half-height video.)"

So next time I could try adding padding to the left/right with the following ffmpeg options:

-padleft 8 -padright 8

and that would make the source 720 pixels wide. This would probably remove any aspect ratio distortion introduced by going from 704 to 720. Probably worth a test run and a good test would be to set the padding color to something noticable like red:

-padcolor FF0000

I tried running with "-qscale 1" and got horrible buffer underflow error messages. So I went with the -maxrate, -minrate params instead.  Later, I found a posting that said you have to set '-qmin 1' when doing '-qscale 1', but I never bothered trying it.


5/9/2006:
The sdtv programs were fine with this procedure, but when trying HD Late Night show, I would get many underflow errors though I searched and tried various adjustments of -b -minrate -maxrate -qmin -qmax -bufsize and probably a couple others. I posted to ffmpeg-user list for help, then had this idea to look at the mytharchive code for how it runs ffmpeg. This led to a new direction:

I found a possible solution, a new switch "-copyts" from mythburn/mytharchive and a simpler/reduced command line.  So:

[root@be ~]# ffmpeg -y -i /mnt/finland.0000.mpg -r ntsc -target dvd -b 3000
-s 720x480 -copyts -aspect 16:9 /mythtv/finland_mytharchive2.mpg

Where finland.0000.mpg was created from hdtvtompeg2 (but could have used .m2v for inputfile just the same). The encoding finished without the underflow errors.


Sadly, the resulting mpeg file from ffmpeg cannot be muxed with mplex. So, I simply ran projectx on the resulting mpeg to produce a new .m2v (pass2.m2v), then mplex'd it:

mplex -f 8 -V -o mars_final.mpg mars_demux.ac3 pass2.m2v

Then, used dvdauthor on this .mpg file.

If this info helped you or saved you valuable time, please consider linking to this site as a favor.


ProjectX, avidemux2, HDTV to DVD encode HOWTO
2006-05-03T10:47:00.000-07:00
Issue: PC with fastest CPU has low-resolution plasma (it's the myth frontend). Need high res monitor.
Fix: use 'ssh -Y myfrontend' and remotely view X11 apps on a hi res monitor. Don't do 'ssh -X' with gtk apps like avidemux. You'll get error:

The program 'avidemux2' received an X Window System error.
The error was 'BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)'.

Use projectx in command line mode to demux mythtv .nuv file. This also corrects audio sync and other minor errors commonly found in OTA atsc recordings.

cd ~/tmp_jre/jre1.5.0_06/bin
# ./java -jar ~/tmp3/ProjectX_Source_0.90.3/ProjectX.jar -out /mythtv -name scrubs_demux /mnt/1041_20060425210000_20060425213000.nuv
(/mnt is nfs mount of the backend's recordings dir)

To find the .nuv files and map them to human names like 'Tonight Show with Jay Leno', use the mythls script blogged earlier.

projectx will give you audio and video files:

-rw-r--r--  1 root root   42732288 May  2 16:09 scrubs_demux.ac3
-rw-r--r--  1 root root       4055 May  2 16:09 scrubs_demux_log.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 2230187930 May  2 16:09 scrubs_demux.m2v

We need to convert (encode) the video/m2v file to DVD standard resolution with avidemux2.

Issue: Using avidemux2 with hdtv results in avidemux's window being so large that you can't see the bottom portion where the navigation/cutting controls are.
Fix: Make a large 2667x2000 virtual desktop in your xorg.conf.  I did this:

        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     16
                Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
                Virtual  2667 2000
        EndSubSection

I tried to run avidemux2 in cli mode, but gave up and tried gui mode first.

It wouldn't run because it requires X11 and GTK2 (gtk+). And that requires X11 forwarding over ssh and that failed because I was missing ssh switch '-X' and that failed because gtk apps need ssh switch '-Y'.  sheesh.  anyway, run avidemux gui.  Then followed this guide:

http://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=242455

Optionally, check the video info for the file created by avidemux2:

[root@be mythtv]# mplayer -vo dummy -ao dummy -identify scrubs_avidemuxOutput 2>&1 | grep VIDEO
ID_VIDEO_ID=0
VIDEO:  MPEG2  720x480  (aspect 3)  29.970 fps  7800.0 kbps (975.0 kbyte/s)
ID_VIDEO_FORMAT=0x10000002
ID_VIDEO_BITRATE=7800000
ID_VIDEO_WIDTH=720
ID_VIDEO_HEIGHT=480
ID_VIDEO_FPS=29.970
ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=1.7778

Mux the audio and video files to a single .mpg:

# mplex -f 8 -V -o scrubs.mpg scrubs_demux.ac3 scrubs_avidemuxOutput 

Author a basic dvd:
dvdauthor -o dvd -x dvd.xml

Where .xml is:
<dvdauthor>
  <vmgm />
    <titleset>
      <titles>
        <audio lang="en" />
        <pgc>
          <vob file="scrubs.mpg" chapters="0,10:00,15:00,20:00" />
        </pgc>
      </titles>
    </titleset>
</dvdauthor>

Or you could do two titles on one disc:

    <titles>
      <video widescreen="nopanscan" />
      <pgc>
        <vob file="source-1.mpg" chapters="0,0:30,1:00,1:30,2:30,3:00,3:30,4:00"/>
          <post> jump title 2; </post>
      </pgc>

      <pgc>
        <vob file="source-2.vob" chapters="0,0:30,1:00,1:30,2:30,3:00,3:30,4:00"/>
          <post> call menu; </post>
      </pgc>
     </titles>

The above has some more advanced dvd authoring tags. See:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Create_a_DVD:Filesystem 

Good output of dvdauthor:

[root@be mythtv]# dvdauthor -o mars_dvd -x dvd_mars.xml
DVDAuthor::dvdauthor, version 0.6.11.
Build options: gnugetopt magick iconv freetype fribidi
Send bugs to 

INFO: Locale=en_US.UTF-8
INFO: Converting filenames to UTF-8
INFO: dvdauthor creating VTS
STAT: Picking VTS 01

STAT: Processing mars.mpg...
STAT: VOBU 8560 at 640MB, 1 PGCS
INFO: Video pts = 0.178 .. 3594.568
INFO: Audio[0] pts = 0.178 .. 3594.706
STAT: VOBU 8562 at 641MB, 1 PGCS
INFO: Generating VTS with the following video attributes:
INFO: MPEG version: mpeg2
INFO: TV standard: ntsc
INFO: Aspect ratio: 16:9
INFO: Resolution: 720x480
INFO: Audio ch 0 format: ac3/2ch, 48khz drc

STAT: fixed 8562 VOBUS
INFO: dvdauthor creating table of contents
INFO: Scanning mars_dvd/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.IFO


Play dvd from hard drive:
mplayer dvd:// -dvd-device ./dvd -fs -zoom -vo xv -ao alsa:device=hw=1.0
or
mplayer dvd://1 -dvd-device ./dvd -fs -zoom -monitoraspect 16:9 -vo xv -ao alsa:device=digital2c -aid 128

Instead of "-aid 128" can also try "-alang en"
Your alsa device will be different than mine.

Normally my dvd device is "-dvd-device /dev/hdb" (dvdrom drive).

Versions:

[root@be ~]# rpm -qa | grep gtk
gtkhtml2-2.6.2-1
gtk+-1.2.10-33
gtk2-2.4.14-4.fc3.3
gnome-python2-gtkhtml2-2.6.0-3
gtk2-devel-2.4.14-4.fc3.3
usermode-gtk-1.74-1
gtk+-devel-1.2.10-33
pygtk2-2.4.0-1
authconfig-gtk-4.6.5-3.1
pygtk2-libglade-2.4.0-1
gtkspell-2.0.7-2

[root@be ~]# rpm -qa | grep avidemux
avidemux2-2.0.40-1.1.fc3.rf

[root@be ~]# rpm -qf /usr/bin/mplex
mjpegtools-1.6.2-4.1.fc3.rf

[root@be ~]# rpm -qf /usr/bin/dvdauthor
dvdauthor-0.6.11-1.1.fc3.rf

I tried to compile the latest avidemux2, but it required gtk 2.6 and I couldn't find a good yum package for gtk 2.6 on Fedora Core 3.  So just went back to using this yum version of avidemux2 (from DAG).

References:
http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/04/17/2058219
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&postid=1228258
http://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=242455


Compiling avidemux2 from source
2006-05-03T03:50:00.000-07:00
From website:
make -f Makefile.dist
./configure 
make

'configure' got error:
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
Package gtk+-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `gtk+-2.0.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'gtk+-2.0' found
************ Cannot identify gtk2 version ***************
configure: error: *** pkg-config installed incorrectly or gtk2-dev absent !
***

Installed gtk2-dev:
# yum install gtk2-devel

Reran configure, got error:
  checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
  configure: error: *** need gtk+ v2.6 or greater ! ***

Couldn't find a yum package for gtk2-devel-2.6.


Avidemux2 (processing after projectx)
2006-05-02T17:47:00.000-07:00
ssh with X forwarding (even using cli, must have X11 and gtk running):

ssh -X myhost.mydomain.com
(test with xclock & )

Process video only:

# avidemux2 --load scrubs_demux.m2v --video-codec DVD --video-conf cq=10 --video-process --save avidemuxOutput_dvd.m2v --quit


Handling ProjectX output files
2006-05-02T16:42:00.000-07:00
> There's a really good program called ProjectX it's a java app with fixes
> most errors in av sync'ing .It hasn't failed to work on eveything I have
> thrown at it .once I get the output from Project X I use Avidemux2 to edit
> and re-encode to what ever format needed.

Another poster:

> I use ProjectX to tidy up and edit (out the commercials) these problem
> recordings.
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/project-x
>
> Then I use ffmpeg at the command line to transcode.

And:

avidemux2 --load yourfile.nuv --video-codec DVD --video-conf cq=10 --video-process --save foo_dvd.m2v --quit

And:

With ProjectX, from an input .mpg file, I generated an output .m2v and .mp2 files. I used these two ProjectX files as an input to Avidemux. I was then able to edit/remux the audio & video files with avidemux, and this time retain audio/video synchronisation. My edit/cut was successfully made in between two keyframes (where as before, using only avidemux on the original .mpg file gave me an audio/video desync problem). Impressive!


Demux and fix audio sync with ProjectX
2006-05-02T16:12:00.000-07:00
[root@be mnt]# cd -
/root/tmp_jre/jre1.5.0_06/bin
[root@be bin]# ./java -jar ~/tmp3/ProjectX_Source_0.90.3/ProjectX.jar > -demux -out /mythtv -name scrubs_demux /mnt/1041_20060425210000_20060425213000.nuv
Reading GUI-Switch...
Reading Help Switch...
Reading Config File Switch...
Start without GUI...
Loading last Config or Standard File...
Loading Language -> 'en'
 
ProjectX 0.90.3.00/31.12.2005 TEST PROJECT ONLY , User: root
 
 
TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
(1) this is a free Java based demux utility.
(2) It is intended for educational purposes only, as a non-commercial test project.
(3) released under the terms of the GNU GPL.
(4) there is NO WARRANTY of any kind attached to this software.
(5) use it at your own risk and for your own education.
 
Java Environment
May 2, 2006    4:03:47 PM PDT
java.version    1.5.0_06
java.vendor     Sun Microsystems Inc.
java.home       /root/tmp_jre/jre1.5.0_06
java.vm.version 1.5.0_06-b05
java.vm.vendor  Sun Microsystems Inc.
java.vm.name    Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
java.class.vers 49.0
java.class.path /root/tmp3/ProjectX_Source_0.90.3/ProjectX.jar
os.name Linux
os.arch i386
os.version      2.6.9-1.667
ini.file        /root/tmp_jre/jre1.5.0_06/bin/X.ini
ext.disk.access disabled or library not found
user.language   en
user.name       root
user.home       /root
 
quick CL usage:
Note: CL doesn't load the GUI components, except with switch [-gui]
  ...starts the GUI
switches and inputfiles can be in any order
 
options:
[-ini ] ..use that specified iniFile instead of the standard
[-dvx1] ..create a .d2v ProjectFile on demux
[-dvx2] ..create a .d2v ProjectFile + .ac3.wav (RIFF WAVE Header)
[-dvx3] ..create a .d2v ProjectFile + .mpa.wav (RIFF WAVE Header)
[-dvx4] ..create a .d2v ProjectFile + .ac3.wav + mpa.wav (RIFF WAVE Header)
[-out ] ..use that specified directory for output
[-name ] ..use that specified filename for output
[-cut ] ..use that text based file as cutpoint list
[-chp ] ..use that text based file as chapterpoint list
[-id ] ..use only these (P)IDs, separated by comma ","
[-gui] ..display the GUI using all given CLI options
[-log] ..write the normal logfile
[-saveini] ..save changes made bei CLI in active .ini
[-split ] ..split output at xxx MB
[-demux, -tom2p, -topva, -tovdr, -tots, -filter] ..action types
 
Loading Basic Classes...
Reading CLI Switches...
Checking Commons-Net library access...
Loading AC3 frames...
Starting Collection Process...
preparing collection(s)...
1 %Tuesday, May 2, 2006  4:03:48 PM PDT
ProjectX 0.90.3.00 (31.12.2005)
 
<<< session infos >>>
 
-> working with collection 0
  
-> save normal log file
-> write all video data
-> write all other data
-> patch c.d.flagged infos of pictures
-> add sequence end code
-> set resolution in SDE
-> PVA: strictly specs. for audio streams
-> VOB: determine diff. Cell timelines
-> TS: ignore scrambled packets
-> TS: enhanced search for open packets
-> TS: join file segments (of Dreambox®)
-> TS: generate PMT stream dependent
-> get only enclosed PES/TS packets
-> concatenate different recordings
-> ensure 1st PES-packet start with video
-> generate PCR/SCR from PTS
  
-> write output files to: '/mythtv'
 
-> Input File 0:  '/mnt/1041_20060425210000_20060425213000.nuv' (2,345,324,440 bytes)
-> Filetype is TS (generic PES Container)
-> demux
-> Service ID 0x1
-> PMT 0x10 refers to these usable streams:
Video:
n/a
Audio:
n/a
Teletext:
n/a
Subpict.:
n/a
 
demuxing DVB MPEG-TS file 1041_20060425210000_20060425213000.nuv
--> PID 0x0 (PAT) (0 #1) -> ignored
--> PID 0x10 (PMT) (188 #2) -> ignored
ok> PID 0x31 has PES-ID 0xE0 (MPEG Video) (376 #3)
ok> PID 0x34 has PES-ID 0xBD (private stream 1) (190068 #1012)
-> video basics: 1920*1080 @ 29.97fps @ 0.7031 (16:9) @ 10957600bps, vbvBuffer 222
-> starting export of video data @ GOP# 0
!> dropping useless B-Frames @ GOP# 0 / new Timecode 00:00:00.000
9 %!> dropping GOP# 309 @ orig.PTS 06:37:12.030 (2144882778)
-> Pics exp/cnt 15/15, inGOP PTS diff. 100ms, new Timecode 00:02:34.587
!> dropping GOP# 310 @ orig.PTS 06:37:12.664 (2144939835)
-> Pics exp/cnt 15/15, inGOP PTS diff. 83ms, new Timecode 00:02:34.587
!> dropping GOP# 311 @ orig.PTS 06:37:13.282 (2144995390)
-> Pics exp/cnt 15/15, inGOP PTS diff. 100ms, new Timecode 00:02:34.587
!> PTS difference of 171171 (00:00:01.901) to last exported GOP detected
!> dropping useless B-Frames @ GOP# 312 / new Timecode 00:02:34.587
10 %!> dropping GOP# 373 @ orig.PTS 06:37:44.429 (2147798691)
-> Pics exp/cnt 15/15, inGOP PTS diff. 83ms, new Timecode 00:03:05.051
!> dropping GOP# 374 @ orig.PTS 06:37:45.047 (2147854246)
-> Pics exp/cnt 15/15, inGOP PTS diff. 83ms, new Timecode 00:03:05.051
!> dropping GOP# 375 @ orig.PTS 06:37:45.664 (2147909802)
-> Pics exp/cnt 15/15, inGOP PTS diff. 100ms, new Timecode 00:03:05.051
!> dropping GOP# 376 @ orig.PTS 06:37:46.298 (2147966859)
-> Pics exp/cnt 15/15, inGOP PTS diff. 33ms, new Timecode 00:03:05.051
!> PTS difference of 216216 (00:00:02.402) to last exported GOP detected
!> dropping useless B-Frames @ GOP# 377 / new Timecode 00:03:05.051
70 %!> dropping GOP# 2527 @ orig.PTS 06:55:42.957 (2244866161)
-> Pics exp/cnt 15/15, inGOP PTS diff. 100ms, new Timecode 00:21:01.061
!> dropping GOP# 2528 @ orig.PTS 06:55:43.591 (2244923218)
-> Pics exp/cnt 15/15, inGOP PTS diff. 83ms, new Timecode 00:21:01.061
!> dropping GOP# 2529 @ orig.PTS 06:55:44.208 (2244978774)
-> Pics exp/cnt 15/15, inGOP PTS diff. 100ms, new Timecode 00:21:01.061
!> PTS difference of 171171 (00:00:01.901) to last exported GOP detected
!> dropping useless B-Frames @ GOP# 2530 / new Timecode 00:21:01.061
101 %packs: 12418057 100% 2345324440
 
-> Video: fr/ ct/ 1p/ cg/ og/ dg -> 53362/ 12/ 0/ 3558/ 0/ 10
-> Video length: 53362 frames @ 00:29:40.510
-> GOP summary: min. 26, max. 30 fields; contains interlaced & progressive frames
-> avg. nom. bitrate 10020434bps (min/max: 1488400/14322400)
-> set first sequenceheader bitrate to 9000000bps
---> new File: /mythtv/scrubs_demux.m2v
 
--> AC-3/DTS Audio on PID 0x34
check & synchronize audio file  scrubs_demux.ac
1 %-> check CRC of AC-3 / MPEG-Audio L1,2
-> delete CRC in MPEG-Audio Layer1,2
-> add frames
Audio PTS: first packet 06:34:37.132, last packet 07:04:24.332
Video PTS: start 1.GOP 06:34:37.409, end last GOP 07:04:24.328
-> adjusting audio at video-timeline
-> src_audio: AC-3, CM, 1/0(1.0), dn -27dB, 48000Hz, 192kbps @ 00:00:00.000
101 %audio frames: wri/pre/skip/ins/add 55641/0/0/0/0 @ 00:29:40.512 done...
---> new File: '/mythtv/scrubs_demux.ac3'
 
summary of created media files:
.Video (m2v):   53362 Frames    00:29:40.510            '/mythtv/scrubs_demux.m2v'
Audio 0 (ac3):  55641 Frames    00:29:40.512    0/0/0/0 '/mythtv/scrubs_demux.ac3'
=> 2,272,920,218 bytes written...
-> we have 17 warnings/errors.
done...    1 collection(s) processed  @ 00:05:41.806
  
[root@be bin]#


avidemux2 scripting options
2006-05-02T12:52:00.000-07:00
list-->0
List of functions available in script mode
 
exit ( )
scanblackframes (  string/file )
indexmpeg (  string/file  string/file  number )
removeframes (  number  number )
addvideofilter (  string/file  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number
 number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  ???  ???  string/file  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number
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 number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  ???  ???  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number
 number  number  number  number  number  number  number  number  ???  ???  ???  string/file  ???  ???  ???  ???  ???
???  ???  ???  ???  number  number  ???  ???  ???  ???  ???  ???  ???  ???  ???  ???  ???  ???  ???  number  ???  ???
 ???  ???  ???  ???  ???  ???  ???  ???  ???  number  number  number  number )
setmarkerb (  number )
setmarkera (  number )
sleep (  number )
setfps (  float )
goto (  number )
scanvbr ( )
loadfilter (  string/file )
videocodec (  string/file  string/file  string/file )
videocodec (  string/file  string/file )
audiocodec (  string/file  number )
saveaudio (  string/file )
loadaudio (  string/file  string/file )
film2pal (  number )
delay (  number )
resample (  number )
downsample (  number )
normalize (  number )
setformat (  string/file )
saveogm (  string/file )
save (  string/file )
savedvd (  string/file )
saverawvideo (  string/file )
savejpg (  string/file )
audioprocess (  number )
videoprocess (  number )
append (  string/file )
load (  string/file )


help-->0
 
 Command line possible arguments :
    --list, list functions available for scripting  ( no arg )
    --listfilters, list all filters by name  ( no arg )
    --run, load and run a script  (one arg )
    --audio-process, activate audio processing  ( no arg )
    --audio-normalize, activate normalization  ( no arg )
    --audio-downsample, activate 48->44 downsampling  ( no arg )
    --audio-resample, resample to x hz  (one arg )
    --audio-mono2stereo, channel: convert mono to stereo  ( no arg )
    --audio-stereo2mono, channel: convert stereo tp mono  ( no arg )
    --video-process, activate video processing  ( no arg )
    --filters, load a filter preset  (one arg )
    --codec-conf, load a codec configuration  (one arg )
    --vcd-res, set VCD resolution  ( no arg )
    --svcd-res, set SVCD resolution  ( no arg )
    --dvd-res, set DVD resolution  ( no arg )
    --halfd1-res, set 1/2 DVD resolution  ( no arg )
    --save-jpg, save a jpeg  (one arg )
    --begin, set start frame  (one arg )
    --end, set end frame  (one arg )
    --save-dvd, save as dvd ps stream  (two args )
    --save-unpacked-vop, save avi, unpacking vop  (one arg )
    --save-ogm, save as ogm file   (one arg )
    --save-raw-audio, save audio as-is   (one arg )
    --save-raw-video, save raw video stream (mpeg/... )   (one arg )
    --save-uncompressed-audio, save uncompressed audio  (one arg )
    --index-mpeg, create index of vob/mpeg : vob.vob index.index audio#  (three args)
    --load, load video or workbench  (one arg )
    --load-workbench, load workbench file  (one arg )
    --append, append video  (one arg )
    --save, save avi  (one arg )
    --save-workbench, save workbench file  (one arg )
    --force-b-frame, Force detection of bframe in next loaded file  ( no arg )
    --force-unpack, Force detection of packed vop in next loaded file  ( no arg )
    --external-mp3, load external mpeg audio as audio track  (one arg )
    --external-ac3, load external ac3 audio as audio track  (one arg )
    --external-wav, load external wav audio as audio track  (one arg )
    --no-audio, load external wav audio as audio track  ( no arg )
    --audio-delay, set audio time shift in ms (+ or -)  (one arg )
    --audio-map, build audio map (MP3 VBR)  ( no arg )
    --audio-bitrate, set audio encoding bitrate  (one arg )
    --fps, set frames per second  (one arg )
    --audio-codec, set audio codec (MP2/MP3/AC3/NONE/TOOLAME)  (one arg )
    --audio-toolame, pipe audio to toolame and save to file  (one arg )
    --video-codec, set video codec (Divx/Xvid/FFmpeg4/VCD/SVCD/DVD/XVCD/XSVCD)  (one arg )
    --video-conf, set video codec conf (cq=q|cbr=br|2pass=size)[,mbr=br][,matrix=(0|1|2|3)]  (one arg )
    --set-pp, set post processing default value, value(1=hdeblok|2=vdeblock|4=dering) and strength (0-5)  (two args )
    --autosplit, split every N MBytes  (one arg )
    --requant, requantize mpeg2 : percent quality[0..3] output_name  (three args)
    --info, show information about loaded video and audio streams  ( no arg )
    --autoindex, try to generate required index files  ( no arg )
    --output-format, set output format (AVI|OGM|ES|PS|AVI_DUAL|AVI_UNP|...)  (one arg )
    --rebuild-index, rebuild index with correct frame type  ( no arg )
    --var, set var (--var myvar=3)  (one arg )
    --help, print this  ( no arg )
    --quit, exit avidemux  ( no arg )Images stat:___________Max memory consumed (MB)     : 0
Current memory consumed (MB) : 0
Max image used               : 0
Cur image used               : 0
Global mem stat
        Memory consumed :0 (MB)
 
 Goodbye...



Get a listing of all mythtv recordings
2006-05-02T12:08:00.000-07:00
'mythls' script:

#!/bin/sh
mysql -B -u root --password=mypass mythconverg -e 'select chanid, starttime, endtime, title from recorded order by starttime' | tr -d ': -' | tr '\t' _ |
sed 's^.*^/mythtv/recordings/&.nuv^'

Actual filename doesn't include the title of the show, but this script prints the title to make it easy to identify the file.


Fix: Choppy audio (stuttering) when playing back KGO/ABC recordings
2006-04-16T21:49:00.000-07:00
Audio was breaking up on ABC (720p) recordings. Was ok when played back with Roku and SDTV set.

On HD frontend: Setup, Tv settings, Playback, [x] Extra audio buffering.

Fixed! :)


Prepare for rescan
2006-03-27T01:42:00.000-08:00
Need to rescan channels because PBS stations changed and ABC audio is breaking up.  Key values from channel table:

mysql> select chanid,channum,freqid,callsign,name,xmltvid,mplexid,serviceid,atscsrcid from channel where visible=1;
+--------+---------+--------+----------+-------------------------------+---------+---------+-----------+-----------+
| chanid | channum | freqid | callsign | name                          | xmltvid | mplexid | serviceid | atscsrcid |
+--------+---------+--------+----------+-------------------------------+---------+---------+-----------+-----------+
|   1070 | 92      | NULL   | ENCORE   | ENCORE                        |         |       7 |         2 |         2 |
|   1071 | 111     | NULL   | KNTV-HD  | KNTV-HD                       |         |       2 |         3 |         1 |
|   1072 | 73      | NULL   | KGO-DT   | KGO-DT                        |         |       4 |         5 |         4 |
|   1025 | 25_1    | 58-1   | KCAHDT   | KCAHDT (KCAH-DT)              | 49856   |    NULL |      NULL |      NULL |
|   1007 | 7_3     | 24-3   | KGODT3   | KGODT3 (KGO-DT3)              | 49937   |    NULL |      NULL |      NULL |
|   1069 | 91      | NULL   | KQED-HD  | KQED-HD                       |         |       7 |         1 |         1 |
|   1030 | 21      | NULL   | KTVUHD   | KTVUHD                        | 19571   |      20 |         3 |         1 |
|   1034 | 5_1     | 29-1   | KPIXDT   | KPIXDT (KPIX-DT)              | 19572   |       6 |         1 |         1 |
|   1035 | 4_1     | 57-1   | KRONDT   | KRONDT (KRON-DT)              | 19573   |      21 |         3 |         2 |
|   1036 | 7_1     | 24-1   | KGODT    | KGODT (KGO-DT)                | 19574   |       4 |         3 |         1 |
|   1044 | 44_1    | 45-1   | KBHKDT   | KBHKDT (KBHK-DT)              | 19575   |      14 |         1 |         1 |
|   1037 | 4_2     | 57-2   | KRONDT2  | KRONDT2 (KRON-DT2)            | 20547   |      21 |         4 |         3 |
|   1038 | 36_1    | 52-1   | KICUDT   | KICUDT (KICU-DT)              | 21650   |      19 |         3 |         1 |
|   1039 | 11_1    | 12-1   | KNTVDT   | KNTVDT(KNTV-DT)               | 21785   |       2 |         3 |         1 |
|   1040 | 20_1    | 19-1   | KBWBDT   | KBWBDT (KBWB-DT)              | 24343   |       3 |         3 |         1 |
|   1041 | 9_1     | 30-1   | KQEDDT   | KQEDDT (KQED-DT)              | 24344   |       7 |         5 |         5 |
|   1042 | 9_2     | 30-2   | KQEDDT2  | KQEDDT2 (KQED-DT2)            | 30507   |       7 |         6 |         4 |
|   1043 | 7_2     | 24-2   | KGODT2   | KGODT2 (KGO-DT2)              | 30833   |       4 |         4 |         2 |
|   1046 | 26_1    | 27-1   | KTSFDT   | KTSFDT (KTSF-DT)              | 31221   |       5 |         3 |         3 |
|   1047 | 9_5     | 30-5   | KQEDDT5  | KQEDDT5 (KQED-DT5)            | 34116   |       7 |         7 |         5 |
|   1049 | 9_4     | 30-4   | KQEDDT4  | KQEDDT4 (KQED-DT4)            | 34168   |       7 |         2 |         2 |
|   1050 | 9_3     | 30-3   | KQEDDT3  | KQEDDT3 KQED World (KQED-DT3) | 35278   |       8 |         3 |         3 |
|   1051 | 43_1    | 43-1   | KCSMDT   | KCSMDT (KCSM-DT)              | 35545   |      13 |         2 |         1 |
|   1056 | 54_1    | 50-1   | KTEHDT   | KTEHDT (KTEH-DT)              | 44690   |      17 |         1 |         1 |
|   1015 | 11_2    | 12-2   | KNTVDT2  | KNTVDT2 (KNTV-DT2)            | 36151   |    NULL |      NULL |      NULL |
|   1057 | 32_1    | 33-1   | KMTPDT   | KMTPDT (KMTP-DT)              | 47121   |    NULL |      NULL |      NULL |
+--------+---------+--------+----------+-------------------------------+---------+---------+-----------+-----------+

List view:

mysql> select chanid,channum,freqid,callsign,name,xmltvid,mplexid,serviceid,atscsrcid from channel where visible=1\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
   chanid: 1070
  channum: 92
   freqid: NULL
 callsign: ENCORE
     name: ENCORE
  xmltvid:
  mplexid: 7
serviceid: 2
atscsrcid: 2
*************************** 2. row ***************************
   chanid: 1071
  channum: 111
   freqid: NULL
 callsign: KNTV-HD
     name: KNTV-HD
  xmltvid:
  mplexid: 2
serviceid: 3
atscsrcid: 1
*************************** 3. row ***************************
   chanid: 1072
  channum: 73
   freqid: NULL
 callsign: KGO-DT
     name: KGO-DT
  xmltvid:
  mplexid: 4
serviceid: 5
atscsrcid: 4
*************************** 4. row ***************************
   chanid: 1025
  channum: 25_1
   freqid: 58-1
 callsign: KCAHDT
     name: KCAHDT (KCAH-DT)
  xmltvid: 49856
  mplexid: NULL
serviceid: NULL
atscsrcid: NULL
*************************** 5. row ***************************
   chanid: 1007
  channum: 7_3
   freqid: 24-3
 callsign: KGODT3
     name: KGODT3 (KGO-DT3)
  xmltvid: 49937
  mplexid: NULL
serviceid: NULL
atscsrcid: NULL
*************************** 6. row ***************************
   chanid: 1069
  channum: 91
   freqid: NULL
 callsign: KQED-HD
     name: KQED-HD
  xmltvid:
  mplexid: 7
serviceid: 1
atscsrcid: 1
*************************** 7. row ***************************
   chanid: 1030
  channum: 21
   freqid: NULL
 callsign: KTVUHD
     name: KTVUHD
  xmltvid: 19571
  mplexid: 20
serviceid: 3
atscsrcid: 1
*************************** 8. row ***************************
   chanid: 1034
  channum: 5_1
   freqid: 29-1
 callsign: KPIXDT
     name: KPIXDT (KPIX-DT)
  xmltvid: 19572
  mplexid: 6
serviceid: 1
atscsrcid: 1
*************************** 9. row ***************************
   chanid: 1035
  channum: 4_1
   freqid: 57-1
 callsign: KRONDT
     name: KRONDT (KRON-DT)
  xmltvid: 19573
  mplexid: 21
serviceid: 3
atscsrcid: 2
*************************** 10. row ***************************
   chanid: 1036
  channum: 7_1
   freqid: 24-1
 callsign: KGODT
     name: KGODT (KGO-DT)
  xmltvid: 19574
  mplexid: 4
serviceid: 3
atscsrcid: 1
*************************** 11. row ***************************
   chanid: 1044
  channum: 44_1
   freqid: 45-1
 callsign: KBHKDT
     name: KBHKDT (KBHK-DT)
  xmltvid: 19575
  mplexid: 14
serviceid: 1
atscsrcid: 1
*************************** 12. row ***************************
   chanid: 1037
  channum: 4_2
   freqid: 57-2
 callsign: KRONDT2
     name: KRONDT2 (KRON-DT2)
  xmltvid: 20547
  mplexid: 21
serviceid: 4
atscsrcid: 3
*************************** 13. row ***************************
   chanid: 1038
  channum: 36_1
   freqid: 52-1
 callsign: KICUDT
     name: KICUDT (KICU-DT)
  xmltvid: 21650
  mplexid: 19
serviceid: 3
atscsrcid: 1
*************************** 14. row ***************************
   chanid: 1039
  channum: 11_1
   freqid: 12-1
 callsign: KNTVDT
     name: KNTVDT(KNTV-DT)
  xmltvid: 21785
  mplexid: 2
serviceid: 3
atscsrcid: 1
*************************** 15. row ***************************
   chanid: 1040
  channum: 20_1
   freqid: 19-1
 callsign: KBWBDT
     name: KBWBDT (KBWB-DT)
  xmltvid: 24343
  mplexid: 3
serviceid: 3
atscsrcid: 1
*************************** 16. row ***************************
   chanid: 1041
  channum: 9_1
   freqid: 30-1
 callsign: KQEDDT
     name: KQEDDT (KQED-DT)
  xmltvid: 24344
  mplexid: 7
serviceid: 5
atscsrcid: 5
*************************** 17. row ***************************
   chanid: 1042
  channum: 9_2
   freqid: 30-2
 callsign: KQEDDT2
     name: KQEDDT2 (KQED-DT2)
  xmltvid: 30507
  mplexid: 7
serviceid: 6
atscsrcid: 4
*************************** 18. row ***************************
   chanid: 1043
  channum: 7_2
   freqid: 24-2
 callsign: KGODT2
     name: KGODT2 (KGO-DT2)
  xmltvid: 30833
  mplexid: 4
serviceid: 4
atscsrcid: 2
*************************** 19. row ***************************
   chanid: 1046
  channum: 26_1
   freqid: 27-1
 callsign: KTSFDT
     name: KTSFDT (KTSF-DT)
  xmltvid: 31221
  mplexid: 5
serviceid: 3
atscsrcid: 3
*************************** 20. row ***************************
   chanid: 1047
  channum: 9_5
   freqid: 30-5
 callsign: KQEDDT5
     name: KQEDDT5 (KQED-DT5)
  xmltvid: 34116
  mplexid: 7
serviceid: 7
atscsrcid: 5
*************************** 21. row ***************************
   chanid: 1049
  channum: 9_4
   freqid: 30-4
 callsign: KQEDDT4
     name: KQEDDT4 (KQED-DT4)
  xmltvid: 34168
  mplexid: 7
serviceid: 2
atscsrcid: 2
*************************** 22. row ***************************
   chanid: 1050
  channum: 9_3
   freqid: 30-3
 callsign: KQEDDT3
     name: KQEDDT3 KQED World (KQED-DT3)
  xmltvid: 35278
  mplexid: 8
serviceid: 3
atscsrcid: 3
*************************** 23. row ***************************
   chanid: 1051
  channum: 43_1
   freqid: 43-1
 callsign: KCSMDT
     name: KCSMDT (KCSM-DT)
  xmltvid: 35545
  mplexid: 13
serviceid: 2
atscsrcid: 1
*************************** 24. row ***************************
   chanid: 1056
  channum: 54_1
   freqid: 50-1
 callsign: KTEHDT
     name: KTEHDT (KTEH-DT)
  xmltvid: 44690
  mplexid: 17
serviceid: 1
atscsrcid: 1
*************************** 25. row ***************************
   chanid: 1015
  channum: 11_2
   freqid: 12-2
 callsign: KNTVDT2
     name: KNTVDT2 (KNTV-DT2)
  xmltvid: 36151
  mplexid: NULL
serviceid: NULL
atscsrcid: NULL
*************************** 26. row ***************************
   chanid: 1057
  channum: 32_1
   freqid: 33-1
 callsign: KMTPDT
     name: KMTPDT (KMTP-DT)
  xmltvid: 47121
  mplexid: NULL
serviceid: NULL
atscsrcid: NULL
26 rows in set (0.00 sec)


Dump of backend root partition
2006-02-19T18:18:00.000-08:00
Issue dump on BE, send to FE via ssh:

[root@myth ~]# dump -0uv -f - -h 0 / | gzip | ssh -p 4242 root@192.168.1.13 dd of=/root/myth_be_dump_021906.gz
  DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Sun Feb 19 18:15:48 2006
  DUMP: Dumping /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 (/) to standard output
  DUMP: Excluding inode 8 (journal inode) from dump
  DUMP: Excluding inode 7 (resize inode) from dump
  DUMP: Label: none
  DUMP: Writing 10 Kilobyte records
  DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]

[...wait about 5-10mins...]
  DUMP: dumping regular inode 11586309
  DUMP: dumping regular inode 11586310
  DUMP: dumping regular inode 11586311
  DUMP: dumping regular inode 11586312
  DUMP: dumping regular inode 11586313
  DUMP: dumping regular inode 11586314
  DUMP: dumping regular inode 11586315
  [...]


NFS: Mount FE dir on BE
2006-02-19T14:31:00.000-08:00
fe# cat /etc/exports
#
/mythtv      192.168.1.0/24(rw,sync)

fe# service nfs start

be# mount 192.168.1.13:/mythtv /mnt
---
Mount be dir on fe:

be# cat /etc/exports
/mythtv/recordings      192.168.1.0/24(rw,sync)

fe# mount 192.168.1.200:/mythtv/recordings /mnt


Fix pid on one channel
2006-02-10T00:52:00.000-08:00
NBC (KNTV) changed their equipment.  PID changed and showing weather info instead of NBC.

Need to change serviceid.

mysql> select * from channel where callsign like '%KNTV%';
+--------+---------+--------+----------+----------+--------------------+------+----------+--------------+---------+-------------+----------+------------+--------+-------+----------+----------+---------+---------------+---------------+---------+-----------+-----------+
| chanid | channum | freqid | sourceid | callsign | name               | icon | finetune | videofilters | xmltvid | recpriority | contrast | brightness | colour | hue   | tvformat | commfree | visible | outputfilters | useonairguide | mplexid | serviceid | atscsrcid |
+--------+---------+--------+----------+----------+--------------------+------+----------+--------------+---------+-------------+----------+------------+--------+-------+----------+----------+---------+---------------+---------------+---------+-----------+-----------+
|   1000 | 111     | NULL   |        1 | KNTV-HD  | KNTV-HD            | none |     NULL |              |         |           0 |    32768 |      32768 |  32768 | 32768 | Default  |        0 |       0 |               |             1 |       2 |         4 |         2 |
|   1071 | 111     | NULL   |        1 | KNTV-HD  | KNTV-HD            | none |     NULL |              |         |           0 |    32768 |      32768 |  32768 | 32768 | Default  |        0 |       1 |               |             1 |       2 |         3 |         1 |
|   1039 | 11_1    | 12-1   |        1 | KNTVDT   | KNTVDT(KNTV-DT)    | none |     NULL |              | 21785   |           0 |    32768 |      32768 |  32768 | 32768 | Default  |        0 |       1 |               |             0 |       2 |         4 |         2 |
|   1015 | 11_2    | 12-2   |        1 | KNTVDT2  | KNTVDT2 (KNTV-DT2) | none |     NULL |              | 36151   |           0 |    32768 |      32768 |  32768 | 32768 | Default  |        0 |       1 |               |             0 |    NULL |      NULL |      NULL |
+--------+---------+--------+----------+----------+--------------------+------+----------+--------------+---------+-------------+----------+------------+--------+-------+----------+----------+---------+---------------+---------------+---------+-----------+-----------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> select * from channel where chanid='1039'\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
       chanid: 1039
      channum: 11_1
       freqid: 12-1
     sourceid: 1
     callsign: KNTVDT
         name: KNTVDT(KNTV-DT)
         icon: none
     finetune: NULL
 videofilters: 
      xmltvid: 21785
  recpriority: 0
     contrast: 32768
   brightness: 32768
       colour: 32768
          hue: 32768
     tvformat: Default
     commfree: 0
      visible: 1
outputfilters: 
useonairguide: 0
      mplexid: 2
    serviceid: 4
    atscsrcid: 2
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

Current (bad) serviceid is '4'.  Must hack and try 1,2,3,5.

Try 3 first cuz most of my channels are svcid=3 and stupid NBC Weather stream is '4':

mysql> UPDATE channel set serviceid=3 WHERE chanid='1039';
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
Rows matched: 1  Changed: 1  Warnings: 0

Record something.  WORKS! :)
Fixed.


ProjectX Transcode
2006-02-01T13:13:00.000-08:00
Transcoding, removing commercials:

"""
My procedure is something like this: 

1) Having M740 connected via SAMBA proto & 100Mbps Ethernet to my Linux box => so aired DVB-T MPEGs (TS format) are stored right away on the target platform/box. 

2) I use Cridical (cridical.exe) for exports of the M740 recording to a single *.ts file (a TS MPEG). 

2.1) Note: Not calling PVAStrumento, just cridical.exe, and I select a "TS" export in Cridical. It is very fast (it's basically a merge of all M740 recordings/files related to a single show). 

2.2) Note: I run cridical.exe via Wine - without problems. 

3) Now, having a TS MPEG (*.ts) file, ProjectX comes into play. I simply open a file in the ProjectX GUI, and then select Videocuts/Specials. Then I mark the commercials out, and from the main screen I select the "demux" and press the "Go" button. 

After a while, the ProjectX tells you it's done. Now you have demuxed audio and video streams (*.mpa, *.m2v). 

Commercials free, of course. 

4) Using mplex from mjpegtools, I create a DVD-compliant MPEG file, suitable for DVD authoring - like this: 

$ mplex -f 8 -o final.mpg video.m2v video.mpa 

This is also very quick - no encoding here. 

5) This final MPG file is the usable in DVDauthor, or can be used for input into other processing (like MPEG4 transcoding via transcode/mencoder or whatever you wish). 
"""

http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=ProjectX

If mplex complains/quits due to too many drops, use tcmplex:
# tcmplex -i file1.m2v -p file1.ac3 -o final_dvd.mpg -m d

"-m d" == DVD mode

===
ProjectX keyboard:
<- moves to the previous I-frame
-> moves to the next I-frame
Shift -> advances at 1/10th the speed of the >> button
Shift <- works like << but at 1/10th the speed
Ctrl -> is the same as the >> button
Ctrl <- is the same as the << button
Alt -> works like >> but at 10 times the speed
Alt <- works like << but at 10 times the speed
Page up advances even more than
Page down is the reverse action to page up
Home goes to the beginning of the stream
End goes to the end of the stream
a adds a cut point
d deletes a cut point
n goes to the next cut point
p goes to the previous cut point


Installation of ProjectX (for dvd conversion, transcode, install)
2006-01-27T05:18:00.000-08:00
Got compiled version of projectx from doom9.net (has the JAR file: ProjectX.jar).
Unpacked it to ~/tmp3
You don't need to compile projectx if you have the .jar file.

Fedora java environment doesn't work well with non-trivial java apps:

""""I can't speak to the specifics of Ubuntu or ProjectX, but I know that on
most Linux distributions any JDK/JRE that's labeled "free" is gcj or
kaffe or some such. I have seen very few nontrivial applications work
correctly with any of those. My first choice would be the IBM JRE,
second would be the Sun JRE (from java.sun.com, not the Blackdown
version).

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/

http://java.sun.com/
"""
[mythtv-users list]

Got JRE from sun.com: jre-1_5_0_06-linux-i586.bin
This is a self-extracting archive.
Unpacked it to a tmp dir: ~/tmp_jre

cd ~/tmp_jre/jre1.5.0_06/bin
# ./java -jar ~/tmp3/ProjectX_Source_0.90.3/ProjectX.jar

...and the ProjectX gui appeared :)


ASUS Q-Fan info (Frontend)
2006-01-14T13:45:00.000-08:00
With the CPU Q-Fan Control option set to Enabled, a host of options display for configuring the operation of the fan attached to the CPU Fan header. The CPU Q-Fan Mode option controls whether the attached fan is a 3 or 4 pin fan, with the DC setting used for 3-pin fans and the PWM setting used for the 4-pin models. The CPU Fan Ratio option configures the speed of the fan when the CPU temperature is below the defined temperature threshold, with both manual and automated settings available. The CPU Target Temperature controls the CPU threshold temperature, below which the defined CPU Fan Ratio setting takes effect. If the CPU temperature exceeds the CPU Target Temperature setting, the CPU fan is run at full speed.

http://hardocp.com/article.html?art=NzAxLDM=

DCL notes:
Changed "Fan ratio" from 'auto' to 60% (the lowest setting) and fan noise dropped significantly after reboot. :)


Moved mobo and cards to new Antec P180 case
2006-01-14T05:50:00.000-08:00
Installed new fanless SilverStone SST-ST30NF (st30nf) power supply.

Lower compartment fan holder was broken in transit. Installed the quieter top exhaust fan in the lower compartment with fan sticks (soft plastic/silicon "screws") instead of fan screws. Installed hard drive in lower drive cage (quieter than using top cage).  Need to get HVAC tape to seal up openings: Top exhaust blowhole and rear grating for VGA air channel intake (I'm not using the black plastic vga/video card air channel thingy).

Did not install floppy,  used slot for external 3.5" drive (floppy) for shoving the "cable nest" (extra cable lengths) into.  You can't leave cables in the lower compartment cuz it will restrict airflow.

Moved DVD drive to MASTER on secondary IDE (was slave on primary ide).  So, now its /dev/hdc instead of /dev/hdb.  Updated myth settings.


Installed new P4 CPU Heatsink & Fan in FE
2006-01-08T05:35:00.000-08:00
Nexus PHT-7750 SkiveTek full-copper heatsink for Socket 775. Has 4-wire PWM controlled fan (800-2600 rpm). For quiet PC.

- Removed old P4 heatsink and fan (came with cpu).
- Scraped off old thermal material (similar to grey parafin wax) with edge of an old credit card.
- Cleaned off old material residue with several "Chamois swabs" (synthetic suede) and 91% isopropyl alcohol.
- Cleaned bottom of PHT-7750 with chamois swab & alcohol.
- Followed Artic Silver instructions for socket 775 installation. Put very tiny dot of Artic Silver 3 on top of the heat spreader (top of cpu package), then installed PHT-7750.

*** Had to go into mobo bios and set cpu fan control to PWM (pulse width modulator) and lowest fan ratio (60%). Set target temperature somewhat high so fan will run slower (69C).


Backup of FE video settings
2005-12-28T16:41:00.000-08:00
Settings for Panasonic plasma 42" (snippet from myth db dump):

INSERT INTO settings VALUES ('GuiWidth','830','be.donnlee.com');
INSERT INTO settings VALUES ('GuiHeight','480','be.donnlee.com');
INSERT INTO settings VALUES ('GuiOffsetX','13','be.donnlee.com');
INSERT INTO settings VALUES ('GuiOffsetY','-4','be.donnlee.com');
INSERT INTO settings VALUES ('GuiSizeForTV','0','be.donnlee.com');
INSERT INTO settings VALUES ('HideMouseCursor','1','be.donnlee.com');
INSERT INTO settings VALUES ('RunFrontendInWindow','0','be.donnlee.com');
INSERT INTO settings VALUES ('UseVideoModes','0','be.donnlee.com');
INSERT INTO settings VALUES ('GuiVidModeResolution','640x480','be.donnlee.com');
INSERT INTO settings VALUES ('TVVidModeResolution','320x175','be.donnlee.com');
INSERT INTO settings VALUES ('TVVidModeForceAspect','0.0','be.donnlee.com');
INSERT INTO settings VALUES ('VidModeWidth0','0','be.donnlee.com');
INSERT INTO settings VALUES ('VidModeHeight0','0','be.donnlee.com');
INSERT INTO settings VALUES ('TVVidModeResolution0','320x175','be.donnlee.com');
INSERT INTO settings VALUES ('TVVidModeForceAspect0','0.0','be.donnlee.com');
INSERT INTO settings VALUES ('VidModeWidth1','0','be.donnlee.com');
INSERT INTO settings VALUES ('VidModeHeight1','0','be.donnlee.com');
INSERT INTO settings VALUES ('TVVidModeResolution1','320x175','be.donnlee.com');


Play audio CD with mplayer
2005-12-26T18:53:00.000-08:00
# mplayer cdda:////dev/hdb -ao alsa:device=digital2c


Increased buffers for IOBOUND errors
2005-12-11T02:08:00.000-08:00
Been seeing lots of IOBOUND errors. See 5/11/2005 blog entry for larger buffer sizes patched and compiled today.


No more lost audio problems
2005-12-11T01:01:00.000-08:00
Since changing from mpeg PS to TS, there have no more lost audio problems.  All recordings have sound to the end of the program :)


Password-less logins from BE to FE (ssh keys)
2005-12-11T00:42:00.000-08:00
On backend:

[root@myth ~]# ssh-keygen -t rsa
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/root/.ssh/id_rsa): 
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): 
Enter same passphrase again: 
Your identification has been saved in /root/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
bb:78:5e:c0:8d:28:36:e3:91:37:d6:3b:b7:6d:d9:21 root@myth.donnlee.com
[root@myth ~]#

scp id_rsa.pub to FE in a tmp dir.

Then on FE, add id_rsa.pub (BE's public key) to FE's authorized_keys file:

[root@be .ssh]# cat ~/tmp/backend_rsa_pubkey >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys


Make channel invisible instead of deleting it
2005-12-11T00:01:00.000-08:00
mysql> select chanid,name,visible,channum from channel where channum='38_1';

+--------+------------------+---------+---------+
| chanid | name             | visible | channum |
+--------+------------------+---------+---------+
|   1045 | KCNSDT (KCNS-DT) |       1 | 38_1    |
+--------+------------------+---------+---------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> update channel set visible=0 where chanid=1045;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
Rows matched: 1  Changed: 1  Warnings: 0


Removing unwanted channels
2005-12-10T23:14:00.000-08:00
Myth Howto:



"""

23.9 Removing unwanted channels

 

If mythfilldatabase grabbed a channel which you do not want to include in your TV listings, you can remove the entries from the grabber configuration and the MySQL database. This often happens with premium channels; for example, HBO or Showtime may be available on your cable TV system, but is scrambled because you're not a subscriber to that channel. Since you can never watch it, you want to get rid of it.



If you are using the DataDirect service, login to your account at http://labs.zap2it.com/ to modify your lineup. Uncheck the boxes for any unwanted channels, and they will no longer be included in your download.



If you are using a grabber from XMLTV, comment out the channel from the ~/.mythtv/.xmltv file by inserting the word "not " (including the space) in front of the unwanted entry. This will prevent xmltv from grabbing future listings.



Next, delete the unwanted item from the channel table so that it will not appear in the EPG or when changing channels. To delete the data from the database we need to perform some steps. First, assuming that HBO is channel 15, we need to find out the internal chanid used by MySQL: 



$ mysql -u root mythconverg

mysql> select chanid from channel where channum=15;

+--------+

| chanid |

+--------+

|   1015 |

+--------+

1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> delete from channel where chanid = 1015;





Old program data will be removed over the course of a week. However, you may want to immediately delete any current program listings for the channel that has been removed: 



$ mysql -u root mythconverg

mysql> delete from program where chanid = 1015;

"""




Installed Roku HD1000 and mythroku
2005-12-08T23:09:00.000-08:00
Telnet to .201 address. Login 'root.  Pw: 

CF card is mounted on /mnt/flash1:

# mount
/dev/mtdblock/1 on / type cramfs (ro)
none on /dev type devfs (rw)
/dev/mtdblock/2 on /mnt/flash0 type yaffs (rw)
/proc on /proc type proc (rw)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw)
tmpfs on /var type tmpfs (rw)
tmpfs on /mnt/smb type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 on /mnt/flash1 type vfat (ro,noatime)

mythroku app and .roku file are there:

# ls /mnt/flash1
Themes             misc               mythroku.roku      rml
dcim               mythroku.app       mythroku.roku.png

Setup was a breeze, except for one annoying '/' needed at the end of the themedir setting. Here's the final mythroku.roku config file:

#!/bin/sh
#
# Due to its maturity, not many options are available *yet*
# mythroku.app
# [-backend=]        The name of the myth master backend server
#
# [-settingsdir=]    The directory to use for the .settings files
#      and thumbnail previews
#
# [-cleansettings]   If this option is provided, upon startup the
#      settingsdir will be cleaned of all outdated
#      .png and .settings files
#
# [-newestfirst]     Sort episodes in order from newest to oldest
#
# [-themedir]    Points to the folder above the "Themes" folder

SXPATH=`echo "$0" | sed 's/\/mythroku.roku$//'`
"$SXPATH/mythroku.app" -settingsdir=/tmp/mythroku -backend=192.168.1.200 -newestfirst -themedir=/home/root/roku/

(see my gmail account for a backup of this file)

Put the theme background in /home/root/roku/Themes/mythroku/background.png

Roku's CF card has three files on it:
mythroku.roku (text config file; edited in unix vi, avoid Notepad! it has ^M)
mythroku.app (main app)
mythroku.roku.png (little icon for app)

To upgrade mythroku, just overwrite mythroku.app with the new mythroku.app file.


Copy HD method
2005-11-29T02:13:00.000-08:00
Google Groups : comp.os.linux
Connect the new drive, say as hdc or hdd. Then do: 

1) Use fdisk to create partitions to your likeing on the new drive. 
2) For each file system partition that you make run mke2fs to make a file 
system. And use mkswap on the swap parition. 
3) Copy the data from the existion drives to the new drive with dump, 
something like: 
        # mount /dev/hdc2 /mnt 
        # cd /mnt 
        # dump 0af - / | restore rf - 
        # rm restoresymtable 
4) Make a current boot floppy 
5) Move the new drive to the hda position, boot from floppy, and install 
a bootloader (lilo or grub-install).

---
For a copy of your ext2 fs without dd'ing, something 
like this should work:

cd /dest 
dump 0f - / | restore -rf - (dumps root filesystem to /dest) 

(assuming /dest is /dev/hda8 and that you have already run 
mke2fs on it already and you have dump/restore installed - 
it's in Red Hat 3.0.3 and higher).


Dump (backup) filesystem
2005-11-29T00:37:00.000-08:00
Set no-dump bit on recordings dir (applies to all files in the dir):

[root@myth mythtv]# lsattr -d /mythtv/recordings/
----------I-- /mythtv/recordings/
[root@myth mythtv]#
[root@myth mythtv]# chattr +d /mythtv/recordings/
[root@myth mythtv]# lsattr -d /mythtv/recordings/
------d---I-- /mythtv/recordings/
[root@myth mythtv]#

Get estimated size of backup (-S option):

[root@myth mythtv]# dump -0uvS -f /mydump_test -h 0 /
  DUMP: Excluding inode 8 (journal inode) from dump
  DUMP: Excluding inode 7 (resize inode) from dump
5707378688 [approx. 5GB]
[root@myth mythtv]#

-h 0 (means honor the no-dump bit for level0 backups).

DUMP over ssh (Freebsd example):
dump -0uan -f - /usr | gzip | ssh -c blowfish      targetuser@targetmachine.example.com dd of=/mybigfiles/dump-usr.gz


New 300GB hard drive
2005-11-28T23:56:00.000-08:00
Bought 300GB Maxtor, $90, Fry's special.

Disk env before installation of this new hd:

[root@myth ~]# cat /proc/ide/hda/model
WDC WD800JB-00JJA0
[root@myth ~]# cat /proc/ide/hdc/model
WDC WD2000JB-00GVA0

[root@myth ~]# df
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00
                     268481216 236744304  18098872  93% /
/dev/hda1               101086     15741     80126  17% /boot
none                    387716         0    387716   0% /dev/shm

[root@myth ~]# lvdisplay
  --- Logical volume ---
  LV Name                /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
  VG Name                VolGroup00
  LV UUID                TtE4Ov-y95i-7zme-LfWX-0CGw-XKO5-luRCQ0
  LV Write Access        read/write
  LV Status              available
  # open                 1
  LV Size                260.12 GB
  Current LE             8324
  Segments               2
  Allocation             inherit
  Read ahead sectors     0
  Block device           253:0
   
  --- Logical volume ---
  LV Name                /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01
  VG Name                VolGroup00
  LV UUID                P5tMTw-7ex1-euop-itB1-kUAm-PLk0-YLQjI8
  LV Write Access        read/write
  LV Status              available
  # open                 1
  LV Size                512.00 MB
  Current LE             16
  Segments               1
  Allocation             inherit
  Read ahead sectors     0
  Block device           253:1
   
[root@myth ~]# mount
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 on / type ext3 (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
/dev/hda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)
nfsd on /proc/fs/nfsd type nfsd (rw)

[root@myth ~]# vgdisplay
  --- Volume group ---
  VG Name               VolGroup00
  System ID             
  Format                lvm2
  Metadata Areas        2
  Metadata Sequence No  3
  VG Access             read/write
  VG Status             resizable
  MAX LV                0
  Cur LV                2
  Open LV               2
  Max PV                0
  Cur PV                2
  Act PV                2
  VG Size               260.69 GB
  PE Size               32.00 MB
  Total PE              8342
  Alloc PE / Size       8340 / 260.62 GB
  Free  PE / Size       2 / 64.00 MB
  VG UUID               8ocfxz-02ZT-C7U8-ypaJ-7u3Z-4m46-0X0eKf
   
[root@myth ~]# pvdisplay
  --- Physical volume ---
  PV Name               /dev/hdc1
  VG Name               VolGroup00
  PV Size               186.28 GB / not usable 0   
  Allocatable           yes (but full)
  PE Size (KByte)       32768
  Total PE              5961
  Free PE               0
  Allocated PE          5961
  PV UUID               uZSCIq-n8EN-tGPJ-asuy-Yy2d-Q2rr-0OPvmD
   
  --- Physical volume ---
  PV Name               /dev/hda2
  VG Name               VolGroup00
  PV Size               74.41 GB / not usable 0   
  Allocatable           yes 
  PE Size (KByte)       32768
  Total PE              2381
  Free PE               2
  Allocated PE          2379
  PV UUID               Pfg2Ck-wy44-WAG6-1dXT-qQ5J-Dk6V-g6aVcW
   
[root@myth ~]# cat /etc/fstab 
# This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
LABEL=/boot             /boot                   ext3    defaults        1 2
none                    /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
none                    /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
none                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
none                    /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
[root@myth ~]#

[root@myth ~]# ls /dev/hd*
/dev/hda  /dev/hda1  /dev/hda2  /dev/hdc  /dev/hdc1
[root@myth ~]#

Pulled jumper from new hd to make it slave, added to ide cable. It is /dev/hdd:

[root@myth ~]# cat /proc/ide/hdd/model
Maxtor 6L300R0
[root@myth ~]# cat /proc/ide/hda/model
WDC WD800JB-00JJA0
[root@myth ~]# cat /proc/ide/hdc/model
WDC WD2000JB-00GVA0

Not formatted yet:

[root@myth ~]# ls /dev/hd*
/dev/hda  /dev/hda1  /dev/hda2  /dev/hdc  /dev/hdc1  /dev/hdd
[root@myth ~]#

Check the partition type of old hard drive:

[root@myth ~]# fdisk /dev/hdc

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/hdc: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdc1   *           1       24321   195358401   8e  Linux LVM

Partition new Maxtor:

[root@myth ~]# fdisk /dev/hdd
Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF disklabel
Building a new DOS disklabel. Changes will remain in memory only,
until you decide to write them. After that, of course, the previous
content won't be recoverable.

Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite)

[empty partition table below]

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/hdd: 300.0 GB, 300090728448 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36483 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System

Command (m for help):

MAKE NEW PARTITION:

Command (m for help): n
Command action
   e   extended
   p   primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 1
First cylinder (1-36483, default 1):
Using default value 1
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-36483, default 36483):
Using default value 36483

SET PARTITION TYPE:

Command (m for help): t
Selected partition 1
Hex code (type L to list codes): 8e
Changed system type of partition 1 to 8e (Linux LVM)

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/hdd: 300.0 GB, 300090728448 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36483 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdd1               1       36483   293049666   8e  Linux LVM

WRITE PARTITION TO DISK AND QUIT:

Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!

Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
Syncing disks.
[root@myth ~]#

Now we have /dev/hdd1:

[root@myth ~]# ls /dev/hd*
/dev/hda  /dev/hda1  /dev/hda2  /dev/hdc  /dev/hdc1  /dev/hdd  /dev/hdd1

Make lvm pv:

[root@myth ~]# pvcreate /dev/hdd1
  Physical volume "/dev/hdd1" successfully created

[root@myth ~]# pvdisplay /dev/hdd1
  --- NEW Physical volume ---
  PV Name               /dev/hdd1
  VG Name
  PV Size               279.47 GB
  Allocatable           NO
  PE Size (KByte)       0
  Total PE              0
  Free PE               0
  Allocated PE          0
  PV UUID               X531So-5d3B-BeMh-ObO0-0Dx7-SD8l-sEgVX6

[root@myth ~]#

Run vgscan:

[root@myth ~]# vgscan
  Reading all physical volumes.  This may take a while...
  Found volume group "VolGroup00" using metadata type lvm2
[root@myth ~]#

Extend the VG:

[root@myth ~]# vgextend VolGroup00 /dev/hdd1
  Volume group "VolGroup00" successfully extended

Now the VG is bigger:

[root@myth ~]# vgdisplay
  --- Volume group ---
  VG Name               VolGroup00
  System ID
  Format                lvm2
  Metadata Areas        3
  Metadata Sequence No  4
  VG Access             read/write
  VG Status             resizable
  MAX LV                0
  Cur LV                2
  Open LV               2
  Max PV                0
  Cur PV                3
  Act PV                3
  VG Size               540.16 GB
  PE Size               32.00 MB
  Total PE              17285
  Alloc PE / Size       8340 / 260.62 GB
  Free  PE / Size       8945 / 279.53 GB
  VG UUID               8ocfxz-02ZT-C7U8-ypaJ-7u3Z-4m46-0X0eKf

Previously free PEs were:
  Free  PE / Size       2 / 64.00 MB

Now free PEs:
  Free  PE / Size       8945 / 279.53 GB

Extend the LV by those free extents:

[root@myth ~]# lvextend --extents +8945 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
  Extending logical volume LogVol00 to 539.66 GB
  Logical volume LogVol00 successfully resized

Now free PE in the VG is:
  Free  PE / Size       0 / 0

(good)

Filesystem doesn't yet see the new space:

[root@myth ~]# df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00
                      257G  224G   20G  92% /
/dev/hda1              99M   16M   79M  17% /boot
none                  379M     0  379M   0% /dev/shm

So, need to extend the filesystem (unlike previous cmds, this takes time to complete):

# ext2online -v /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
ext2online v1.1.18 - 2001/03/18 for EXT2FS 0.5b
new filesystem size 141467648
group 2 inode table has offset 2, not 1044
group 4 inode table has offset 2, not 1044
group 6 inode table has offset 2, not 1044
group 8 inode table has offset 2, not 1044
group 10 inode table has offset 2, not 1044
[...]
group 2077 inode table has offset 2, not 1044
group 2078 inode table has offset 2, not 1044
group 2079 inode table has offset 2, not 1044
group 2080 inode table has offset 2, not 1044
using 1024 reserved group descriptor blocks
creating group 4317 with  8192 blocks (rsvd = 1007, newgd = 34)

cache direct hits: 2221, indirect hits: 17, misses: 20
[root@myth ~]#

Now more space!  :-)

[root@myth ~]# df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00
                      532G  224G  281G  45% /
/dev/hda1              99M   16M   79M  17% /boot
none                  379M     0  379M   0% /dev/shm
[root@myth ~]#



[]


Mythroku and TS streams
2005-11-22T10:48:00.000-08:00
Roku Forums :: View topic - mythroku-0.7 released, now with Live TV: "Quote:

Are you recording the HD material in PS or TS mode? .18 default to Program stream which I wasn't able to play with mythroku.[/quote]



Thanks for the heads up. It might of took me a while to figure out why the HD recordings didn't work. After I went into the mythtvsetp and changed my pchdtv to record in TS instead of PS, it worked like a charm. "


Mythroku navigation
2005-11-22T10:46:00.000-08:00
Roku Forums :: View topic - mythroku-0.7 released, now with Live TV: "You should be able to change up/down in live tv with the remote. You can also browse listings by pressing 'Info', then up/down, left/right. "


mythroku thumbnails not loading
2005-11-22T10:36:00.000-08:00
Roku Forums :: View topic - mythroku-0.7 released, now with Live TV: "I had to set these settings for the thumbnails and background images to load. 

Add this to your mythroku.roku file. 



-settingsdir=/mnt/flash1/tmp \ 

-backend=[YOURMYTHBOX] \ 

-newestfirst \ 

-cleansettings

"




Backup with dump and restore on Linux mini-HOWTO
2005-11-08T22:19:00.000-08:00
"I summarize the procedure of the full restoration in case of trouble for your convenience.



Check whether hardware is the problem, and solve it if necessary. 

Read the notebook of the dump log carefully, and figure out the restoration sequence. It is highly recommended to write down the sequence on paper and double-check it. 

Confirm that the tape is write-protected before setting it to the drive. 

Boot the system with the rescue floppy. 

Format the target disk and create the filesystem to restore. 

Mount the target filesystem on some directory. 

Prepare the temporary space used by restore. 

During the restoration of incremental archives in sequence, never erase the ./restoresymtable file until the restoration is over. 

Reconfigure the boot method (lilo, etc.). 

After the restoration is finished successfully and you confirm everything is OK: 

-Erase ./restoresymtable 

-Invoke the level 0 dump with a new tape (and preserve the old tapes for a while)."




Play DVD from hard drive
2005-11-07T00:06:00.000-08:00
FedoraForum.org - Is there a linux video player that can play ripped dvd's from hard drive?: 

"Play DVD video from a directory with VOB files:

mplayer dvd://1 -dvd-device /path/to/directory/"


Convert HD to DVD (old hipix notes)
2005-11-06T18:47:00.000-08:00
OK, I have a reliable Hipix files --> DVD+R disc process, after dorking around countless days with *many* mpeg/dvd/ac3/vob/ifo/divx/avi utils and reading many webpages & this avs thread. And yes, audio and video are in-sync.

With this process, I can convert my HD/SD hipix files to standard DVD-R discs that play in my basic DVD STB. So far I get 2GB = 1hour of video at 16:9 DVD quality. That's about 2 hours per DVD+R.

It involves:

* Converting the hipix .ts files to a file (call it "file1.mpg") with HDTVtoMPEG2. I use the 09 version.

* Extracting (demuxing) the video stream from file1.mpg with TMPG Enc. Call it file2.m2v. Discard the extracted ac3; why? see below.

* Converting (encoding) file2.m2v to DVD standard video with TMPG. As you know, this requires a lot of cpu. Call this file2_converted.m2v

* Extracting (demuxing) the ac3 audio from file1.mpg with DVD2AVI. Call it file3.ac3

* Fixing the sync (delay adjust) of file3.ac3 with AC3Machine. Call it file3_adjusted.ac3

* Creating the DVD (VOB) files with IfoEdit 0.95 ("DVD Author" menu item) with file2_converted.m2v and file3_adjusted.ac3. Dump to a VIDEO_TS directory. Test play from hard drive.

* Burn to DVD+R/+RW with RecordNow Max.

Now that I have this down. I let my PC encode the video for 16hrs and then mux/adjust everything.

Notes:
a. I can correct the aspect ratio to 16:9 using ifoedit. Load vts_01_0.ifo and double click the lines that have "4:3". Save.
b. Don't forget to do "Get VTS sectors" on video_ts.ifo in ifoedit before burning.
c. Max file size of fat32 restricts you to 4GB files. May have to join finished VOB files with something like Vobedit.
d. I use TMPG's DVD (NTSC) template.
e. Demuxing ac3 with DVD2AVI gives you the delay (in ms) to adjust for video/audio sync. AC3Machine automatically sets itself to add/chop by this delay amount. I used to have to convert the ac3 to wav, adjust delay in Sound Forge, then convert back to ac3. After much research, my final approach is faster and keeps everything in the ac3 domain.
f. Had to make sure I installed m2v.vfp into the TMPG dir. and set its priority in Environment settings higher than Directshow file reader.
g. TMPG radio button setting: "ES (Video only)"
h. Doom9 has a good AC3Machine guide
i. Dvdrhelp.com has a good "DVD authoring with freeware/ifoedit" guide

Many late nights spent finding this recipe. But now I'm happy. ah...

fluf

---

Indeed, a single program that can do all of these steps would be great. It is certainly possible. Most of these tools have source code available. So, it would involve taking the pieces and integrating them into one program. 

A workaround would be to make a macro that does all of these steps.

After converting more last night, I think I can eliminate some steps from my recipe. I noticed that dvd2avi can load multiple m2v files numbered 000,001,002,etc. Using the d2v file from dvd2avi, I might be able to cut out a couple steps: creating the m2v (use d2v instead) with tmpg and joining the VOBs with Vobedit (dvd2avi ac3 output will be one file). The downside is that the encoding step may take a little longer.

Will try and see if there's a significant time difference...

fluf

---

Last night I optimized the process as follows: 

* Converting the hipix .ts files to a file (call it "file1.mpg") with HDTVtoMPEG2. I use the 09 version. 

* Loading file1.mpg in DVD2AVI. Creating a small d2v file for the video with DVD2AVI. Call it file2.d2v. At the same time, this extracts (demuxs) the audio stream from file1.mpg with DVD2AVI. Call it file3.ac3. [If you have a series of .mpg files (eg. file000.mpg, file001.mpg, etc.) DVD2AVI can process them all at once: just load the 000 file.]

* Converting (encoding) the video to DVD standard video with TMPG. Load file2.d2v as the video source. As you know, this requires a lot of cpu. Call this file2_converted.m2v (requires m2v.vfp in the TMPG dir).

* Fixing the sync (delay adjust) of file3.ac3 with AC3Machine. Call it file3_adjusted.ac3 

* Creating the DVD (VOB) files with IfoEdit 0.95 ("DVD Author" menu item) with file2_converted.m2v and file3_adjusted.ac3. Dump to a VIDEO_TS directory. Test play from hard drive. 

* Burn to DVD+R/+RW with RecordNow Max. 

This recipe works too and eliminates the separate m2v and ac3 demuxing steps. Also saves disk space cuz you can now encode the .mpg directly via the .d2v file.

fluf

---

I'm using an unmodified version of DVD2AVI. "1.77.3 by LOLI.J"

fluf

---

Yes, you won't get precise chopping with HDTVtoMPEG2, but it's better than nothing. Actually, I don't even bother with that chopping interface. What I do is go ahead and encode the whole thing, and then set chapter points when the show comes back from a commericial. When watching and a commercial starts, I hit the next-chapter button on my DVD player, and PRESTO, I'm resuming the show. [there is a trick to setting chapter points in IfoEdit: you decide on the mm:ss elapsed where you want the chapter point, then convert to frames for the celltimes.txt file. So if I want a point at 7:55, my spreadsheet does ((7*60)+55)*29.97 = the_value for celltimes.txt.]

I haven't run into any problems with sync drift yet. I will keep an eye on it though and report if I see it. I did see stuff like that when I experimented with divx a looooong time ago. As long as the ac3 file differs from the video by only the DELAY amount, I don't think there will be a problem. I have determined that the delay amount is the amount that must be deleted from the front of the audio file.

fluf

---

Did you try an un-altered version of DVD2AVI? I'm using the latest DVD2AVI directly from the developer (no add-ons). Ver 1.77.3 by LOLI.J

The official site is:
http://arbor.ee.ntu.edu.tw/~jackei/dvd2avi/

Curious if it makes a difference.

fluf
ps: I'm not aware of any MPEG2DEC3.DLL renaming or anything like that. All my tools are the virgin download/unzips, except for installing m2v.vfp into my TMPG directory.

---

I'm using IfoEdit 0.95 for DVD muxing and authoring. DVD's play fine with Windvd and normal consumer STBs. I don't use Zoomplayer yet (it looks very cool).

One thing I did run into: I had to make sure I re-loaded the video_ts.ifo file in ifoedit and clicked Get VTS Sectors, then burn. But, you already knew that.

Are you playing the authored DVD from a subdir on the hard drive or off a burned disc. Quite frankly, ifoedit does barebones DVD authoring and is just what I like. I do not like DVD menus. I want to put the disc in and it should start playing the feature.

---

Audio processing is very easy for me:
1. Load .mpg file from hdtv2mpeg2 in DVD2AVI.
2. Click 'Save Project' on the menu bar. Results in "BLAH BLAH DELAY -179ms.ac3" file. And the small .d2v file.
3. Load the .ac3 file from Step 2 into ac3machine, click "Give me AC3!" button.
4. Use the .ac3 file from Step3 in my DVD authoring program (IfoEdit). My dvd-compliant video file comes from TMPG.
5. Author and burn.

ac3machine settings:
* Bitrate: 256
* Channels mode: stereo
* Dynamic compression: unchecked (off)
* "Set delay to" will automatically be set when you load the .ac3 file from Step 2! (nice; this is why I use ac3machine)
* Everything else is unchecked.

I don't use the ES (Video+Audio) mode of TMPG. I use ES (Video only) and it processes the video great everytime. NOTE: I don't use tmpg at all for audio processing! See above.

I found a nice TMPG settings tutorial for high quality video:
http://dvd-hq.info/Compression.html

fluf
ps: I dont have a clue how to use dvd2avi either. I have been very successful just using it for Step1 and Step2, above. All I do is two operations: Load the .mpg from hdtv2mpeg2 and then 'Save Project'. Pretty simple.


HOWTO: How I put hdtv content onto a dvd.
2005-11-06T15:38:00.000-08:00
pchdtv.com :: View topic - HOWTO: How I put hdtv content onto a dvd.: "My personal route uses: 



-projectX to remove commercials, 'correct' errors, sync audio (m2v + ac3) 

-transfer to Windows (different drive in same computer) (Explore2fs) 

-TMPGEnc to DVD Mpeg2 (TMPGEnc DVD Author accepts original AC3) 



It's a time consuming process. But I opted for the TMPGEnc route as I've heard that TMPGEnc's rendering is probably the best out there. And my experiences have proven it to be true (especially on 720p material). Problem with 1280i conversion is that the 'reinterlacing' causes some slightly noticeable vertical flicker (not a big deal). 



I believe I tried the mencoder route, but couldn't get it to work fully (the way I had hoped). "


convert nuv to vob | MythTV | Users
2005-11-06T15:25:00.000-08:00
convert nuv to vob | MythTV | Users: "> Maybe I'm behind the times? What are most people using to archive 

> thier recordings to DVD? 

> 

Most people aren't, and the ones that are either don't cut out 

commercials, or occasionally have bad sync'd files. ProjectX seems to be 

the only utility now that can handle the sync oddities that ivtv streams 

sometimes contain. Other utilities (mpeg2desc, avidemux, nuvexport [which 

uses avidemux], mplayer, transcode, mjpegtools, etc, etc) don't preserve 

sync when demuxing, so remuxing is broken as well. "


[mythtv-users] Re: Getting good audio sync in nuvexport/transcodings w/cutlist?
2005-11-06T15:14:00.000-08:00
[mythtv-users] Re: Getting good audio sync in nuvexport/transcodings w/cutlist?: "ProjectX does actually have a nice cutting interface, the ability to

export/import cutlists, a graphical 'timeline' which shows red/green

cut points.  It's very slick, add to that the fact that once you

generate a cutlist, ProjectX can process the entire video from the

command line (for batch processing)."


Re: what to do with a new harddisk
2005-11-02T11:27:00.000-08:00
Re: what to do with a new harddisk: "If you have done a default install of FC3 then you will be using LVM. This gives you the opportunity to use the additional disk space as if it was extra space on your existing filesystems rather than creating a new partition and mounting it at a fixed mountpoint, where the only additional space you'll get is under that mountpoint.


To do this, proceed as above up to the 'p' command
in 'fdisk'. At this point, do the following:

Use the 't' command in fdisk to change the type of the new partition to '8e' (Linux LVM). Then use the 'w' command as above to write out the new partition table.


You would then set up your new partition as an LVM physical volume:
# pvcreate /dev/hdb1

You can then add this new space to your existing volume group, which by default is called Volume00 (the 'vgdisplay' command will show you which volume groups you have):
# vgextend Volume00 /dev/hdb1

You can then allocate additional space to any existing logical volumes you have. I think by default that you get LogVol00 for the root partition and LogVol01 for swap ('df' or a look in your /etc/fstab file should show you what you have). Use the 'lvextend' command to do this (see 'man lvextend').


e.g. to add 50G to LogVol00:
# lvextend --size 50G /dev/Volume00/LogVol00

Finally, you thne increase the size of the filesystem to fill the bigger logical volume. In FC3, this can be done whilst the filesystem is mounted:

# ext2online -v /dev/Volume00/LogVol00 "

Also found this snippet on another page:
ext2online can resize ext3.  It does Not resize the block device; you'll
have to do that another way (fdisk magic, LVM, md, whatever).
[ http://dcs.nac.uci.edu/~strombrg/Fedora-Core-3-notes-FC3.html ]


Extend Logical Volume (LVM)
2005-11-02T11:21:00.000-08:00
Logical Volume Manager HOWTO: "5.2 Growing your Logical Volume

The e2fsadm command takes care of this for you. However, it may be useful to understand how to do this manually: 

If you have room within your Volume Group, this is a one liner: 

# lvextend -L+12M /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00

# lvextend -L+12M /dev/test/HOWTO 
lvextend -- rounding size to physical extent boundary
lvextend -- extending logical volume '/dev/test/HOWTO' to 116 MB
lvextend -- doing automatic backup of volume group 'test'
lvextend -- logical volume '/dev/test/HOWTO' successfully extended

5.3 Growing your Volume Group

This is done with the vgextend utility, and is easy as pie. You first need to create a physical volume. This is done with the pvcreate utility. With this tool, you convert any block device into a physical volume. 

After that is done, vgextend does the rest: 

# pvcreate /dev/sda1
pvcreate -- physical volume '/dev/sda1' successfully created
# vgextend webgroup /dev/sda1
vgextend -- INFO: maximum logical volume size is 255.99 Gigabyte
vgextend -- doing automatic backup of volume group 'webgroup'
vgextend -- volume group 'webgroup' successfully extended

Please note that in order to do this, your Volume Group needs to be active. You can make it by executing 'vgchange -a y webgroup'. "


Linux: Adding physical volumes to a volume group
2005-11-02T11:17:00.000-08:00
Linux Online - Adding physical volumes to a volume group



Use 'vgextend' to add an initialized physical volume to an existing volume group. 



# vgextend my_volume_group /dev/hdc1

                                    hdc1 = new physical volume

 




Changed myth recordings to TS
2005-10-30T18:51:00.000-08:00
Plugged monitor in BE, started kde (startx). Ran 'mythtv-setup'.  Reconfigured tuner cards:  Advanced settings, "Use TS instead of PS" option.

Now PBS KQED Channel9 records :)  But must select audio track with "+" key.

We'll see if this solves the lost audio problem.  May need to expand disk space with these TS recordings.


DVD Playback Swtiched to xine
2005-10-09T20:49:00.000-07:00
Switched dvd playback in Settings from mplayer to xine.  First made simple run script:

[root@be watched_videos]# cat /bin/dvd
#!/bin/sh

alsactl -f asound.state.riviera restore
xine -pfhq --no-splash --verbose dvd:///dev/hdb > /tmp/tmp_xine.txt

Then set the cmd in myth to be:
/bin/dvd


Kernel upgrade to 2.6.12 (built-in DVB drivers)
2005-10-01T18:54:00.000-07:00
Kernel upgrade to 2.6.12

Before upgrade:
[root@myth ~]# uname -a
Linux myth.donnlee.com 2.6.11-1.14_FC3 #1 Thu Apr 7 19:23:49 EDT 2005 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

Look for latest version:
# yum search kernel | egrep "^kernel"

kernel.i586                              2.6.12-1.1376_FC3      updates-released
kernel.i586                              2.6.12-1.1378_FC3      updates-released

[root@myth ~]# yum upgrade kernel

Prev dmesg:
Linux video capture interface: v1.00
cx2388x v4l2 driver version 0.0.4 loaded <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:09.0[A] -> GSI 12 (level, low) -> IRQ 12
cx88[0]: subsystem: 7063:3000, board: pcHDTV HD3000 HDTV [card=22,autodetected]
tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (cx88[0])
tuner 1-0061: type set to 52 (Thomson DDT 7610 (ATSC/NTSC))
cx88[0]/0: found at 0000:00:09.0, rev: 5, irq: 12, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe2000000
cx88[0]/0: registered device video0 [v4l2]
cx88[0]/0: registered device vbi0
cx88[0]/0: registered device radio0
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:0c.0[A] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
cx88[1]: subsystem: 7063:3000, board: pcHDTV HD3000 HDTV [card=22,autodetected]
tuner 2-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (cx88[1])
tuner 2-0061: type set to 52 (Thomson DDT 7610 (ATSC/NTSC))
cx88[1]/0: found at 0000:00:0c.0, rev: 5, irq: 10, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe4000000
cx88[1]/0: registered device video1 [v4l2]
cx88[1]/0: registered device vbi1
cx88[1]/0: registered device radio1
cx2388x dvb driver version 0.0.4 loaded <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:09.2[A] -> GSI 12 (level, low) -> IRQ 12
cx88[0]/2: found at 0000:00:09.2, rev: 5, irq: 12, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe3000000
cx88[0]/2: cx2388x based dvb card
DVB: registering new adapter (cx88[0]).
DVB: registering frontend 0 (pcHDTV HD3000 HDTV)...
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:0c.2[A] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
cx88[1]/2: found at 0000:00:0c.2, rev: 5, irq: 10, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe5000000
cx88[1]/2: cx2388x based dvb card
DVB: registering new adapter (cx88[1]).
DVB: registering frontend 1 (pcHDTV HD3000 HDTV)...
or51132: Waiting for firmware upload(dvb-fe-or51132-vsb.fw)...
or51132: Version: 10001134-19430000 (113-4-194-3) <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
or51132: Firmware upload complete.
or51132: Waiting for firmware upload(dvb-fe-or51132-vsb.fw)...
or51132: Version: 10001134-19430000 (113-4-194-3) <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
or51132: Firmware upload complete.

Comment out old drivers in rc.local:
# Removed on 10/1/05 during kernel 2.6.12 upgrade (drivers now included in kernel).
#modprobe cx88-dvb

Yum install:
Installed: kernel.i686 0:2.6.12-1.1378_FC3
Dependency Updated: mkinitrd.i386 0:4.1.18.1-1 selinux-policy-targeted.noarch 0:1.17.30-3.16
Complete!
[root@myth ~]#

Reboot.

Now:

[root@myth ~]# uname -a
Linux myth.donnlee.com 2.6.12-1.1378_FC3 #1 Wed Sep 14 04:24:31 EDT 2005 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

New dmesg shows same driver version, but no mention of 'firmware':

Linux video capture interface: v1.00
cx2388x blackbird driver version 0.0.4 loaded <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
cx88[0]: subsystem: 7063:3000, board: pcHDTV HD3000 HDTV [card=22,autodetected]
tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (cx88[0])
tuner 1-0061: type set to 52 (Thomson DDT 7610 (ATSC/NTSC))
cx88[0]: subsystem: 7063:3000, board: pcHDTV HD3000 HDTV [card=22,autodetected]
tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (cx88[0])
tuner 1-0061: type set to 52 (Thomson DDT 7610 (ATSC/NTSC))
cx2388x v4l2 driver version 0.0.4 loaded
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 12
PCI: setting IRQ 12 as level-triggered
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:09.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 12 (level, low) -> IRQ 12
cx88[0]: subsystem: 7063:3000, board: pcHDTV HD3000 HDTV [card=22,autodetected]
tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (cx88[0])
tuner 1-0061: type set to 52 (Thomson DDT 7610 (ATSC/NTSC))
cx88[0]/0: found at 0000:00:09.0, rev: 5, irq: 12, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe2000000
cx88[0]/0: registered device video0 [v4l2]
cx88[0]/0: registered device vbi0
cx88[0]/0: registered device radio0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0c.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
cx88[1]: subsystem: 7063:3000, board: pcHDTV HD3000 HDTV [card=22,autodetected]
tuner 2-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (cx88[1])
tuner 2-0061: type set to 52 (Thomson DDT 7610 (ATSC/NTSC))
cx88[1]/0: found at 0000:00:0c.0, rev: 5, irq: 10, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe4000000
cx88[1]/0: registered device video1 [v4l2]
cx88[1]/0: registered device vbi1
cx88[1]/0: registered device radio1

No mention of 'firmware' or 'frontend':
[root@myth ~]# less dm_after_kernel_2.6.12_upgrade.txt|egrep -i frontend
[root@myth ~]# less dm_after_kernel_2.6.12_upgrade.txt|egrep -i firmware
[root@myth ~]#

Getting firmware errors after starting BE:

2005-10-01 18:26:53.517 New DB connection, total: 1
Starting up as the master server.
2005-10-01 18:26:53.639 New DB connection, total: 2
2005-10-01 18:26:53.699 DVB#0 DVB SI Table Parser Started
2005-10-01 18:26:53.700 DVB#0 ERROR - Opening DVB frontend device failed.
          (2) No such file or directory
2005-10-01 18:26:53.727 DVB#1 DVB SI Table Parser Started
2005-10-01 18:26:53.727 DVB#1 ERROR - Opening DVB frontend device failed.
          (2) No such file or directory
2005-10-01 18:26:53.731 New DB scheduler connection
2005-10-01 18:26:53.767 mythbackend version: 0.18.1.20050523-1 www.mythtv.org
2005-10-01 18:26:53.767 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
2005-10-01 18:26:53.768 New DB connection, total: 3
2005-10-01 18:26:55.749 Reschedule requested for id -1.
2005-10-01 18:26:56.901 Scheduled 138 items in 1.2 = 0.49 match + 0.67 place
2005-10-01 18:26:56.904 Recording starts soon, AUTO-Startup assumed
2005-10-01 18:26:56.906 Started recording "CBS Evening News" on channel: 1034 on cardid: 1, sourceid 1
2005-10-01 18:26:56.909 DVB#0 ERROR - Opening DVB frontend device failed.
          (2) No such file or directory
2005-10-01 18:26:57.301 Changing from None to RecordingOnly
2005-10-01 18:26:57.374 DVB#0 ERROR - Opening DVB frontend device failed.
          (2) No such file or directory
2005-10-01 18:26:57.374 Tuning Error -- aborting recording
2005-10-01 18:26:57.374 TVRec: Recording Prematurely Stopped

lsmod doesn't have dvb loaded:

[root@myth ~]# lsmod|grep cx88_dvb
[root@myth ~]# 

'cx88' stuff that IS loaded:

[root@myth ~]# lsmod|grep cx88
cx8800                 33613  0 
v4l1_compat            13637  1 cx8800
v4l2_common             5825  1 cx8800
cx88_blackbird         14917  0 
cx8802                 11973  1 cx88_blackbird
cx88xx                 53217  3 cx8800,cx88_blackbird,cx8802
i2c_algo_bit            9033  1 cx88xx
video_buf              23621  4 cx8800,cx88_blackbird,cx8802,cx88xx
ir_common               7365  1 cx88xx
btcx_risc               4937  3 cx8800,cx8802,cx88xx
tveeprom               13017  1 cx88xx
videodev                9537  3 cx8800,cx88_blackbird,cx88xx
i2c_core               21313  5 cx88xx,i2c_algo_bit,tuner,tveeprom,i2c_viapro
[root@myth ~]#

From pchdtv forums:

"""
Here's a graph of what module options to select:

Device-drivers -> 

  Multimedia devices -> 

    [-] Video for Linux -> 
      Video for Linux -> 
        Video Adapters 
        [-] Conexant 2388x (bt878 successor) support   (CONFIG_VIDEO_CX88=m) 
          [-] DVB support for cx2388x based TV Cards   (CONFIG_VIDEO_CX88_DVB=m) 

    Digital Video Broadcasting Devices -> 
      [-] DVB for Linux                                (DVB=m) 
        [-] DVB Core Support                           (DVB_CORE=m) 
          Customize DVB Frontends -> 
            [-] Conexant cx22702 demodulator (OFDM)    (DVB_CX22702=m) 
            [-] OR51132 based (pcHDTV HD3000 card)     (DVB_OR51132=m)
"""

[I think this is the config params for when building a kernel. See 

http://www.pchdtv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=807&highlight=or51132+frontends ]

Or just:

# modprobe -v cx88-dvb 

[root@myth ~]# modprobe -v cx88-dvb
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.12-1.1378_FC3/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/dvb-pll.ko 
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.12-1.1378_FC3/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/cx22702.ko 
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.12-1.1378_FC3/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb-core.ko 
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.12-1.1378_FC3/kernel/drivers/media/video/video-buf-dvb.ko 
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.12-1.1378_FC3/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/or51132.ko 
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.12-1.1378_FC3/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/mt352.ko 
install /sbin/modprobe cx8800;/sbin/modprobe --ignore-install cx88-dvb
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.12-1.1378_FC3/kernel/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-dvb.ko 
[root@myth ~]#

New dmesg messages:

cx2388x dvb driver version 0.0.4 loaded
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:09.2[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 12 (level, low) -> IRQ 12
cx88[0]/2: found at 0000:00:09.2, rev: 5, irq: 12, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe3000000
cx88[0]/2: cx2388x based dvb card
DVB: registering new adapter (cx88[0]).
DVB: registering frontend 0 (pcHDTV HD3000 HDTV)...
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0c.2[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
cx88[1]/2: found at 0000:00:0c.2, rev: 5, irq: 10, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe5000000
cx88[1]/2: cx2388x based dvb card
DVB: registering new adapter (cx88[1]).
DVB: registering frontend 1 (pcHDTV HD3000 HDTV)...

Now I get dvb LOCK after starting BE:

tail -f mythbackend.log 
2005-10-01 18:37:36.289 New DB connection, total: 1
Starting up as the master server.
2005-10-01 18:37:36.301 New DB connection, total: 2
2005-10-01 18:37:36.308 DVB#0 DVB SI Table Parser Started
2005-10-01 18:37:36.309 DVB#0 Using DVB card 0, with frontend pcHDTV HD3000 HDTV.
2005-10-01 18:37:36.311 New DB connection, total: 3
2005-10-01 18:37:44.822 DVB#0 DVB signal 44dc | snr e9b9 | ber    0 | unc    0
2005-10-01 18:37:44.822 DVB#0 Status: LOCK.
2005-10-01 18:37:44.822 DVB#0 Multiplex Locked
2005-10-01 18:37:45.596 DVB#0 Successfully tuned to channel 11_1.
2005-10-01 18:37:45.603 DVB#1 DVB SI Table Parser Started
2005-10-01 18:37:45.604 DVB#1 Using DVB card 1, with frontend pcHDTV HD3000 HDTV.
2005-10-01 18:37:54.042 DVB#1 DVB signal f477 | snr cd37 | ber    0 | unc    0
2005-10-01 18:37:54.408 DVB#1 Status: LOCK.
2005-10-01 18:37:54.408 DVB#1 Multiplex Locked
2005-10-01 18:37:54.888 DVB#1 Successfully tuned to channel 11_1.
2005-10-01 18:37:54.893 New DB scheduler connection
2005-10-01 18:37:54.898 mythbackend version: 0.18.1.20050523-1 www.mythtv.org
2005-10-01 18:37:54.899 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
2005-10-01 18:37:56.899 Reschedule requested for id -1.
2005-10-01 18:37:57.294 Scheduled 137 items in 0.4 = 0.06 match + 0.34 place
2005-10-01 18:37:57.297 Recording starts soon, AUTO-Startup assumed
2005-10-01 18:37:57.299 Started recording "CBS 5 Eyewitness News at 6:30PM" on channel: 1034 on cardid: 1, sourceid 1
2005-10-01 18:37:57.944 DVB#0 DVB signal a49b | snr f6df | ber    0 | unc    0
2005-10-01 18:37:57.944 DVB#0 Status: LOCK.
2005-10-01 18:37:57.944 DVB#0 Multiplex Locked
2005-10-01 18:37:59.006 DVB#0 Successfully tuned to channel 5_1.
2005-10-01 18:37:59.036 Changing from None to RecordingOnly
2005-10-01 18:37:59.057 DVB#0 Recorder: Card opened successfully (using PS mode).
2005-10-01 18:37:59.076 DVB#0 Data read from DMX - This is for debugging with transform.c
2005-10-01 18:38:04.905 New DB connection, total: 4

lsmod now:
[root@myth ~]# lsmod|grep cx88_dvb
cx88_dvb                7621  43 
mt352                   6341  1 cx88_dvb
or51132                 9669  1 cx88_dvb
video_buf_dvb           7109  1 cx88_dvb
cx22702                 6085  1 cx88_dvb
dvb_pll                 4677  3 cx88_dvb,or51132,cx22702
cx8802                 11973  2 cx88_dvb,cx88_blackbird
cx88xx                 53217  4 cx88_dvb,cx8800,cx88_blackbird,cx8802
video_buf              23621  6 cx88_dvb,video_buf_dvb,cx8800,cx88_blackbird,cx8802,cx88xx
[root@myth ~]#

Time will tell if this fixes the lost audio problem.


No dice
2005-09-27T20:37:00.000-07:00
Mythtv upgrade successful, but lost audio on some recordings persists. Try kernel upgrade (with built-in hd3000 drivers) next.


Upgrade mythtv in hopes of fixing lost audio
2005-09-24T19:12:00.000-07:00
# yum install subversion

[root@myth mythtv]# svn co http://svn.mythtv.org/svn/branches/release-0-18-fixes/mythtv

"Checked out revision 7307."

Configure options:

[root@myth mythtv]# ./configure --help

Usage: configure [options]
Options: [defaults in brackets after descriptions]

Standard options:
  --help                   print this message
  --compile-type=CTYPE     one of release, profile, debug [release]
  --prefix=PREFIX          install in PREFIX [/usr/local]
  --disable-ccache         disable compiler cache (ccache)
  --disable-distcc         disable distributed compilation (distcc)
Advanced compile options (experts only):
  --extra-cflags=ECFLAGS    add ECFLAGS to list of flags for C compile
  --extra-cxxflags=ECXFLAGS add ECXXFLAGS to list of flags for C++ compile
  --cpu=CPU                only use instructions available on CPU [i686]
  --tune=CPU               tune instruction usage for a particular CPU [gene
ric]
  --arch=CPU               equivalent to "--cpu=CPU --tune=CPU"
  --enable-proc-opt        enable processor specific compilation
  --disable-mmx            disable mmx usage
  --disable-altivec        disable AltiVec usage
Advanced features (experts only):
  --disable-audio-oss      disable OSS audio support
  --disable-audio-alsa     disable ALSA audio support
  --disable-audio-arts     disable aRts audio support
  --disable-audio-jack     disable JACK audio support
  --disable-lirc           disable lirc support (Infrared Remotes)
  --disable-joystick-menu  disable joystick menu
  --disable-firewire       disable support for FireWire cable boxes
  --disable-ivtv           disable ivtv support (PVR-250, PVR-350)
  --enable-dvb             enable DVB support (must supply header directory)
  --dvb-path=HDRLOC        location of directory containing
                           'linux/dvb/frontend.h', not the
                           directory with frontend.h [/usr/src/linux-2.6.11-1.14_FC3/include]
  --enable-dvb-eit         enable DVB EIT support (--enable-dvb is required)
  --disable-x11            disable X11 support
  --disable-xrandr         disable X11 resolution switching
  --disable-xv             disable XVideo   (X11 video output accel.)
  --enable-xvmc            enable XvMC      (Linux/BSD MPEG accel.)
  --disable-xvmc-vld       disable XvMC-VLD (VIA Epia MPEG accel.)
  --enable-opengl-vsync    enable OpenGL vsync method
  --enable-directfb        enable DirectFB  (Linux non-X11 video)
  --enable-directx         enable DirectX   (Microsoft video)
[root@myth mythtv]#


Run configure:

[root@myth mythtv]# ./configure --disable-lirc --disable-joystick-menu
# Basic Settings
Compile type     release
Compiler cache   no
DistCC           no
Install prefix   /usr/local
CPU              x86 (athlon)
Big Endian       no
MMX enabled      yes
Vector Builtins  no

# Input Support
Joystick menu    no
lirc support     no
ivtv support     yes
FireWire support no
DVB support      no [/usr/src/linux-2.6.11-1.14_FC3/include]

# Sound Output Support
OSS support      yes
ALSA support     yes
aRts support     no
JACK support     no

# Video Output Support
x11 support      yes
xrandr support   yes
xv support       yes
XvMC support     no
XvMC VLD support no
OpenGL vsync     no
DirectFB         no

Creating config.mak and config.h
[root@myth mythtv]#


***NOTE! I forgot to compile with DVB support (see below).

Run qmake and make:
$ qmake mythtv.pro
[make clean, if necessary to clear previous compile]
$ make

Install:
su
make install

nohup mythbackend > /tmp/mythbackend.log 2>&1 &

---

tail -f mythbackend.log
2005-09-24 17:59:40.468 New DB connection, total: 1
Starting up as the master server.
2005-09-24 17:59:40.569 New DB connection, total: 2
2005-09-24 17:59:40.646 ERROR: DVB Card configured on 0, but MythTV was not compiled
with DVB support. Please, recompile MythTV with DVB support
or remove the card from configuration and restart MythTV.
2005-09-24 17:59:40.649 ERROR: DVB Card configured on 1, but MythTV was not compiled
with DVB support. Please, recompile MythTV with DVB support
or remove the card from configuration and restart MythTV.
2005-09-24 17:59:40.650 New DB scheduler connection
2005-09-24 17:59:40.680 mythbackend version: 0.18.1.20050523-1 www.mythtv.org
2005-09-24 17:59:40.680 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
2005-09-24 17:59:42.663 Reschedule requested for id -1.
2005-09-24 17:59:43.600 Scheduled 145 items in 0.9 = 0.42 match + 0.52 place
2005-09-24 17:59:43.623 Recording starts soon, AUTO-Startup assumed
2005-09-24 17:59:43.626 Started recording "NBC Nightly News" on channel: 1039 on cardid:
1, sourceid 1
2005-09-24 17:59:50.683 New DB connection, total: 3
2005-09-24 18:00:02.682 Started recording "CBS Evening News" on channel: 1034 on cardid:
2, sourceid 1



---
Recompile with DVB support:

make clean

[root@myth mythtv]# ./configure --disable-lirc --disable-joystick-menu --enable-dvb
DVB location does not contain linux/dvb/frontend.h [/usr/src/linux-2.6.11-1.14_FC3/include]

Find frontend.h:
[root@myth tmp]# find /usr -name "frontend.*" -print
/usr/include/linux/dvb/frontend.h
[root@myth tmp]#

Configure again:

[root@myth mythtv]# ./configure --disable-lirc --disable-joystick-menu --enable-dvb --dvb-path=/usr/include
# Basic Settings
Compile type     release
Compiler cache   no
DistCC           no
Install prefix   /usr/local
CPU              x86 (athlon)
Big Endian       no
MMX enabled      yes
Vector Builtins  no

# Input Support
Joystick menu    no
lirc support     no
ivtv support     yes
FireWire support no
DVB support      yes [/usr/include]

# Sound Output Support
OSS support      yes
ALSA support     yes
aRts support     no
JACK support     no

# Video Output Support
x11 support      yes
xrandr support   yes
xv support       yes
XvMC support     no
XvMC VLD support no
OpenGL vsync     no
DirectFB         no

Creating config.mak and config.h

---
How did I get the dvb .h files?   file timestamps are:

[root@myth dvb]# ls -l
total 52
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 4605 May 18 11:28 audio.h
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 3150 May 18 11:28 ca.h
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 4227 May 18 11:28 dmx.h
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 7194 May 18 11:28 frontend.h
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1598 May 18 11:28 net.h
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 5937 May 18 11:28 osd.h
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1017 May 18 11:28 version.h
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 6855 May 18 11:28 video.h

From http://www.linuxtv.org :
"The LinuxTV project develops and maintains the DVB driver subsystem which is included in the Linux 2.6.x kernel."

Ah ha, May 18th was kernel upgrade to 2.6.11  so got .h files when that happened.

---
make clean
qmake mythtv.pro
make
make install


nohup mythbackend > /tmp/mythbackend.log 2>&1 &

2005-09-24 18:56:07.925 New DB connection, total: 1
Starting up as the master server.
2005-09-24 18:56:07.937 New DB connection, total: 2
2005-09-24 18:56:07.944 DVB#0 DVB SI Table Parser Started
2005-09-24 18:56:07.945 DVB#0 Using DVB card 0, with frontend pcHDTV HD3000 HDTV.
2005-09-24 18:56:07.947 New DB connection, total: 3
2005-09-24 18:56:09.204 DVB#0 DVB signal cf9c | snr f927 | ber    0 | unc    0
2005-09-24 18:56:09.205 DVB#0 Status: LOCK.
2005-09-24 18:56:09.205 DVB#0 Multiplex Locked
2005-09-24 18:56:10.301 DVB#0 Successfully tuned to channel 11_1.
2005-09-24 18:56:10.308 DVB#1 DVB SI Table Parser Started
2005-09-24 18:56:10.308 DVB#1 Using DVB card 1, with frontend pcHDTV HD3000 HDTV.
2005-09-24 18:56:10.593 DVB#1 DVB signal 3999 | snr dedb | ber    0 | unc    0
2005-09-24 18:56:10.593 DVB#1 Status: LOCK.
2005-09-24 18:56:10.593 DVB#1 Multiplex Locked
2005-09-24 18:56:11.602 DVB#1 Successfully tuned to channel 11_1.
2005-09-24 18:56:11.606 New DB scheduler connection
2005-09-24 18:56:11.611 mythbackend version: 0.18.1.20050523-1 www.mythtv.org
2005-09-24 18:56:11.611 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
2005-09-24 18:56:13.612 Reschedule requested for id -1.
2005-09-24 18:56:13.999 Scheduled 142 items in 0.4 = 0.06 match + 0.33 place
2005-09-24 18:56:14.002 Recording starts soon, AUTO-Startup assumed
2005-09-24 18:56:14.005 Started recording "CBS 5 Eyewitness News at 6:30PM" on channel: 1
034 on cardid: 1, sourceid 1
2005-09-24 18:56:14.754 DVB#0 DVB signal b0e4 | snr f809 | ber    0 | unc    0
2005-09-24 18:56:14.755 DVB#0 Status: LOCK.
2005-09-24 18:56:14.755 DVB#0 Multiplex Locked
2005-09-24 18:56:15.745 DVB#0 Successfully tuned to channel 5_1.
2005-09-24 18:56:15.816 Changing from None to RecordingOnly
2005-09-24 18:56:15.865 DVB#0 Recorder: Card opened successfully (using PS mode).
2005-09-24 18:56:15.874 DVB#0 Data read from DMX - This is for debugging with transform.c
2005-09-24 19:00:00.002 Finished recording CBS 5 Eyewitness News at 6:30PM on channel: 10
34
2005-09-24 19:00:00.053 Changing from RecordingOnly to None
2005-09-24 19:00:00.062 Closing DVB recorder
2005-09-24 19:00:02.529 Started recording "The King of Queens" on channel: 1034 on cardid
: 1, sourceid 1
2005-09-24 19:00:02.680 Changing from None to RecordingOnly
2005-09-24 19:00:02.698 DVB#0 Recorder: Card opened successfully (using PS mode).
2005-09-24 19:00:02.703 DVB#0 Data read from DMX - This is for debugging with transform.c
2005-09-24 19:00:03.531 Reschedule requested for id 0.
2005-09-24 19:00:03.902 Scheduled 142 items in 0.4 = 0.00 match + 0.37 place


Use DVB drivers built-in kernel now, instead of 2.0 drivers
2005-09-23T00:21:00.000-07:00
pchdtv.com :: View topic - pchdtv 3000, drivers 2.0, kernel 2.6.11.6 - Does this Work?: "I feel your pain. The problem is that the '2.0' drives are strickly short term solution (until the distributions upgrade to the latest kernel). 

My suggestion would be to just dump the pcHDTV drivers in exchange for 'officially supported by the linux community' drivers. Meaning don't install the drivers from pcHDTV's website. 

You have two choices if you want to use the drivers that are included in the linux kernel (and will be supported in the future): 


1) Upgrade your dvb subsystem without upgrading your kernel. This option is not for the faint of heart. Directions are at http://www.xmission.com/~pchdtv/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3303#3303 . 


2) Upgrade your kernel to 2.6.11-rc1 or higher (2.6.12-rc2 recommended). This is the recommended option.


There are many ways to upgrade your kernel. You can: 


a) Grap an rpm of the latest kernel. Google will find your many sources for pre-compiled kernels for SuSE 9.2. For example, you can download the rpm for SuSE 9.2 kernel from http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/SuSE/9.2-i386/RPMS.kernel-of-the-day/ . 

b) You can compile your kernel rpm. I have written directions for Fedora Core 3 at http://www.xmission.com/~pchdtv/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3661#3661 . You will have to modify the paths from 'redhat' to 'suse'. But that should get you started on the right path.


Bottom line: Try using the 'dvb' drivers that are included with the (latest) kernel and fully supported by linux software (such as Myhttv and freevo). 

You will find life to be a lot less frustrating. 

Hope this helps, 
-HDTV Buff"


View VOB file with mplayer, xine
2005-09-20T14:40:00.000-07:00
#!/bin/bash
mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdb /cdrom
mplayer p101.vob -fs -zoom -monitoraspect 16:9 -vo xv -ao alsa:device=digital2c -aid 128

---
XINE:
xine -pfhq --no-splash --verbose file://cdrom/foo.vob


NUV playback (worked on ibm thinkpad)
2005-09-16T02:21:00.001-07:00
NOTE: Playing nuv files with 'mpg' extension with VLC Player works the best [5/30/2007]

Y:\>c:\bin\mplayer\mplayer.exe -vo directx -demuxer 2 1054_20050910233000_20050911010100.nuv

Put Windows 'essentials' codecs in mplayer\codecs

Codecs:
http://mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/codecs.html


Play nuv with mplayer
2005-09-16T02:20:00.000-07:00
Convert from Showshifter .ssf + .ssf.00 - DVB Owners Discussion Forum - dvbowners.com: "I figured out how to force it to play as an mpeg-ts file ..



mplayer -demuxer  joined.ts



 is documented in libmpdemux/demuxer.h



MPEG_ES=1

MPEG_PS=2

MPEG_TS=29"


NUV and mplayer
2005-09-15T23:07:00.000-07:00
Reading PX-TV402U/MythTV files in Windows - Topic Powered by Groupee Community: "The PVR-250 and similar devices output an MPEG Transport Stream, which is also a container format like NUV. This is why you're able to run 'cat /dev/video0 >movie.mpg' and mplayer will happily play it. When MythTV records from a PVR-250, it puts the MPEG-TS into the NUV, creating a 'container-in-a-container' file. You can play these NUV files in MPlayer because MPlayer simply ignores the NUV data and extracts the MPEG-TS directly. This doesn't work with NUV files from the ConvertX because NUV is the only container format in use, so the NUV metadata is critical to playing the file, and MPlayer doesn't know how to read NUV files."


mplayer and NUV
2005-09-15T23:05:00.000-07:00
pchdtv.com :: View topic - Playback of .AVI file recorded on HD-3000 in WinXP: "The video stream captured from HD-3000 card is mpeg trasnport streams. (.ts) I'd try a player capable of that first. You can try MPlayer, there is a windows version and it will most likely handle whatever codec it is. [http://www.mplayerhq.hu/]"

DCL notes: On my myth BE, the nuv files are mpeg-ps (not ts).


2.6.12 kernel and built-in driver
2005-09-15T14:36:00.000-07:00
pchdtv.com :: View topic - ANNOUNCE: pcHDTV 2000 & 3000 drivers included in the ker: "If you're using the drivers in the 2.6.12 kernel, so you don't need 

cx88-atsc, instead to load the module for DVB you would use 

Code:



modprobe -v cx88-dvb "


A/V out of sync due to dropped frames
2005-09-12T12:20:00.000-07:00
[mythtv-users] A/V out of sync due to dropped frames: "If you use Windows, there's an application called PVAStrumento that does 

the same thing as ProjectX.  Recent versions of PVAStrumento have 

restored audio sync in 100% of the files I have used it on.  I just use 

the default settings; select the .nuv file, 'make ps', set the output 

file, set 2048 as the packet size, and 'Start'.



Link:  http://www.offeryn.de/dv.htm"


Remove commercials before transcoding
2005-09-11T17:16:00.000-07:00
The PVR Guide - help me install mythtv and VDR :: View topic - How to compile commercial_cut: "> Try avidemux. 



Well, after a period of stubborness, I finally DID try avidemux. 

And that worked, really well. 



Commercial_cut worked too, but when I tried to use it on the 

program with the musical clip I wanted, it turned out a 38-byte 

file. Of course, 38 bytes is just a tad short of enough to hold 

a five-minute video clip. 



Thanks for your two-word message of advice. It turned out to be 

THE answer. "


First transcode to divx
2005-09-11T15:38:00.000-07:00
Where would you like to export the files to? [.] /tmp/

Enable Myth cutlist? [Yes] n

Enable noise reduction (slower, but better results)? [Yes] n

Enable deinterlacing? [Yes] n

Crop broadcast overscan (2% border)? [Yes] 

Audio bitrate? [128] 

Variable bitrate video? [Yes] 

Multi-pass (slower, but better quality)? [Yes] n

VBR quality/quantisation (1-31)? [6] 

Video bitrate? [960] 

Default resolution based on 16:9 aspect ratio.

Width? [624] 320

Height? [176] 



NOTE: THIS WIDTH/HEIGHT IS TOO SMALL (file size was 314M)



Now encoding:  Oprah Winfrey:  Untitled

Encode started:  Sun Sep 11 03:10:53 2005

Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos.

Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos.

Starting ffmpeg.

processed:  218506 of 3430755 frames (6.37%),  25.01 fps 

mythtranscode finished.

processed:  218506 of 3430755 frames (6.37%),  25.01 fps 

ffmpeg finished.



Encode finished:  Sun Sep 11 05:36:31 2005

Encode lasted: 2h 25m 38s




nuvexport install
2005-09-11T01:35:00.000-07:00
Got ffmpeg binary:
# yum install ffmpeg

Got nuvexport tar ball, extracted, and cd to dir.

Output of 'make install':
[root@myth nuvexport-0.2]# make install
# First the binaries
`mpeg2cut' -> `/usr/local/bin/mpeg2cut'
`nuvexport' -> `/usr/local/bin/nuvexport'
`nuvinfo' -> `/usr/local/bin/nuvinfo'
# Then the config file(s)
`nuvexportrc' -> `/etc/nuvexportrc'
# Install the mode symlinks
# Install the modules
/usr/bin/install: creating directory `/usr/local/share/nuvexport'
/usr/bin/install: creating directory `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/export'
`export/generic.pm' -> `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/generic.pm'
`export/ffmpeg.pm' -> `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg.pm'
`export/transcode.pm' -> `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/transcode.pm'
`export/mencoder.pm' -> `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/mencoder.pm'
`export/MPEG2_cut.pm' -> `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/MPEG2_cut.pm'
`export/NUV_SQL.pm' -> `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/NUV_SQL.pm'
/usr/bin/install: creating directory `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/transcode'
`export/transcode/DVCD.pm' -> `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/transcode/DVCD.pm'
`export/transcode/DVD.pm' -> `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/transcode/DVD.pm'
`export/transcode/SVCD.pm' -> `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/transcode/SVCD.pm'
`export/transcode/VCD.pm' -> `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/transcode/VCD.pm'
`export/transcode/XviD.pm' -> `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/transcode/XviD.pm'
/usr/bin/install: creating directory `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg'
`export/ffmpeg/XviD.pm' -> `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg/XviD.pm'
`export/ffmpeg/DivX.pm' -> `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg/DivX.pm'
`export/ffmpeg/MP3.pm' -> `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg/MP3.pm'
`export/ffmpeg/ASF.pm' -> `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg/ASF.pm'
`export/ffmpeg/SVCD.pm' -> `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg/SVCD.pm'
`export/ffmpeg/DVCD.pm' -> `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg/DVCD.pm'
`export/ffmpeg/DVD.pm' -> `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg/DVD.pm'
`export/ffmpeg/VCD.pm' -> `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg/VCD.pm'
`export/ffmpeg/PSP.pm' -> `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg/PSP.pm'
/usr/bin/install: creating directory `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/mencoder'
`export/mencoder/XviD.pm' -> `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/mencoder/XviD.pm'
/usr/bin/install: creating directory `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/mythtv'
`mythtv/nuvinfo.pm' -> `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/mythtv/nuvinfo.pm'
`mythtv/db.pm' -> `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/mythtv/db.pm'
`mythtv/recordings.pm' -> `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/mythtv/recordings.pm'
/usr/bin/install: creating directory `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/nuv_export'
`nuv_export/help.pm' -> `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/nuv_export/help.pm'
`nuv_export/shared_utils.pm' -> `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/nuv_export/shared_utils.pm'
`nuv_export/task.pm' -> `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/nuv_export/task.pm'
`nuv_export/cli.pm' -> `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/nuv_export/cli.pm'
`nuv_export/ui.pm' -> `/usr/local/share/nuvexport/nuv_export/ui.pm'
# Install the man page
/usr/bin/install: creating directory `/usr/local/man'
/usr/bin/install: creating directory `/usr/local/man/man1'
`man/nuvexport.1' -> `/usr/local/man/man1/nuvexport.1'
`man/nuvexport-svcd.1' -> `/usr/local/man/man1/nuvexport-svcd.1'
`man/nuvexport-vcd.1' -> `/usr/local/man/man1/nuvexport-vcd.1'
`man/nuvexport-xvid.1' -> `/usr/local/man/man1/nuvexport-xvid.1'

man page for nuvexport says other programs are needed:

Install version of xvfb that is same rev as my x11:
# yum install xorg-x11-Xvfb-6.8.1-12

Perl module for high resolution time:
# yum install perl-Time-HiRes


Mpeg2 nuv files
2005-09-10T02:13:00.000-07:00
[mythtv] Mpeg2 nuv files: "> I think i got the mpeg2 stuff working in my windows filters.

>

> I'm no mpeg2 expert so i have some questions.

>

> Is it safe to asume that if a *.nuv file is not a nupplevideo typ file its

> in mpeg2? Thats the only two formats mythtv uses right?



Yes and yes.



> Is all the mpeg2 .nuv files a program stream?



Streams from the pchdtv cards will be transport streams, streams from DVB will 

be either program or transport streams, and streams from the pvr-250 can be 

either as well (though I'd assume most people will use program streams)."


Channel ids for mythtranscode
2005-08-05T00:19:00.000-07:00
mysql> SELECT chanid,channum,freqid,callsign,name FROM channel;
+--------+---------+--------+----------+-------------------------------+
| chanid | channum | freqid | callsign | name                          |
+--------+---------+--------+----------+-------------------------------+
|   1000 | 111     | NULL   | KNTV-HD  | KNTV-HD                       |
|   1001 | 112     | NULL   | NBC Wea  | NBC Wea                       |
|   1002 | 201     | NULL   | KBWB-HD  | KBWB-HD                       |
|   1003 | 202     | NULL   | KBWB-SD  | KBWB-SD                       |
|   1004 | 71      | NULL   | KGO-DT   | KGO-DT                        |
|   1005 | 72      | NULL   | KGO-DT   | KGO-DT                        |
|   1006 | 261     | NULL   | KTSF-D1  | KTSF-D1                       |
|   1007 | 262     | NULL   | KTSF-D2  | KTSF-D2                       |
|   1008 | 51      | NULL   | KPIX DT  | KPIX DT                       |
|   1009 | 91      | NULL   | KQED-HD  | KQED-HD                       |
|   1010 | 92      | NULL   | ENCORE   | ENCORE                        |
|   1011 | 93      | NULL   | WORLD    | WORLD                         |
|   1012 | 94      | NULL   | LIFE     | LIFE                          |
|   1013 | 95      | NULL   | KIDS     | KIDS                          |
|   1014 | 321     | NULL   | KMTP-DT  | KMTP-DT                       |
|   1016 | 381     | NULL   | KCNS     | KCNS                          |
|   1017 | 11      | NULL   | KKPX-DT  | KKPX-DT                       |
|   1018 | 12      | NULL   | PaxEast  | PaxEast                       |
|   1019 | 13      | NULL   | Worship  | Worship                       |
|   1020 | 14      | NULL   | Faith    | Faith                         |
|   1021 | 431     | NULL   | KCSM TV  | KCSM TV                       |
|   1022 | 432     | NULL   | Jazz TV  | Jazz TV                       |
|   1023 | 441     | NULL   | KBHK-DT  | KBHK-DT                       |
|   1067 | 95      | NULL   | KIDS     | KIDS                          |
|   1025 | 481     | NULL   | KSTS-DT  | KSTS-DT                       |
|   1026 | 482     | NULL   | KNTV-DT  | KNTV-DT                       |
|   1027 | 541     | NULL   | KTEH-DT  | KTEH-DT                       |
|   1028 | 141     | NULL   | KDTV-DT  | KDTV-DT                       |
|   1029 | 361     | NULL   | KICU-HD  | KICU-HD                       |
|   1030 | 21      | NULL   | KTVUHD   | KTVUHD                        |
|   1031 | 22      | NULL   | KTVU-DT  | KTVU-DT                       |
|   1032 | 41      | NULL   | KRON-SD  | KRON-SD                       |
|   1033 | 42      | NULL   | KRON-HD  | KRON-HD                       |
|   1034 | 5_1     | 29-1   | KPIXDT   | KPIXDT (KPIX-DT)              |
|   1035 | 4_1     | 57-1   | KRONDT   | KRONDT (KRON-DT)              |
|   1036 | 7_1     | 24-1   | KGODT    | KGODT (KGO-DT)                |
|   1044 | 44_1    | 45-1   | KBHKDT   | KBHKDT (KBHK-DT)              |
|   1037 | 4_2     | 57-2   | KRONDT2  | KRONDT2 (KRON-DT2)            |
|   1038 | 36_1    | 52-1   | KICUDT   | KICUDT (KICU-DT)              |
|   1039 | 11_1    | 12-1   | KNTVDT   | KNTVDT(KNTV-DT)               |
|   1040 | 20_1    | 19-1   | KBWBDT   | KBWBDT (KBWB-DT)              |
|   1041 | 9_1     | 30-1   | KQEDDT   | KQEDDT (KQED-DT)              |
|   1048 | 48_1    | 49-1   | KSTSDT   | KSTSDT (KSTS-DT)              |
|   1042 | 9_2     | 30-2   | KQEDDT2  | KQEDDT2 (KQED-DT2)            |
|   1043 | 7_2     | 24-2   | KGODT2   | KGODT2 (KGO-DT2)              |
|   1045 | 38_1    | 39-1   | KCNSDT   | KCNSDT (KCNS-DT)              |
|   1046 | 26_1    | 27-1   | KTSFDT   | KTSFDT (KTSF-DT)              |
|   1047 | 9_5     | 30-5   | KQEDDT5  | KQEDDT5 (KQED-DT5)            |
|   1049 | 9_4     | 30-4   | KQEDDT4  | KQEDDT4 (KQED-DT4)            |
|   1050 | 9_3     | 30-3   | KQEDDT3  | KQEDDT3 KQED World (KQED-DT3) |
|   1065 | 65_1    | 41-1   | KKPXDT   | KKPXDT (KKPX-DT)              |
|   1051 | 43_1    | 43-1   | KCSMDT   | KCSMDT (KCSM-DT)              |
|   1052 | 43_2    | 43-2   | KCSMDT2  | KCSMDT2 (KCSM-DT2)            |
|   1066 | 66_1    | 34-1   | KFSFDT   | KFSFDT (KFSF-DT)              |
|   1053 | 14_1    | 51-1   | KDTVDT   | KDTVDT (KDTV-DT)              |
|   1054 | 48_2    | 49-2   | KSTSDT2  | KSTSDT2 (KSTS-DT2)            |
|   1055 | 43_3    | 43-3   | KCSMDT3  | KCSMDT3 (KCSM-DT3)            |
|   1056 | 54_1    | 50-1   | KTEHDT   | KTEHDT (KTEH-DT)              |
|   1015 | 11_2    | 12-2   | KNTVDT2  | KNTVDT2 (KNTV-DT2)            |
|   1057 | 32_1    | 33-1   | KMTPDT   | KMTPDT (KMTP-DT)              |
+--------+---------+--------+----------+-------------------------------+


Using dvdrip
2005-08-02T15:29:00.000-07:00
Because of 848x400 resolution, the bottom half of the ripping dialog box is cutoff (can't be seen or clicked), so here's how to navigate to the Preview and Rip buttons using keyboard:




dvdrip config
2005-08-02T13:34:00.000-07:00
Added to mplayer command in Preferences:
mplayer ... -monitoraspect 16:9 -vo xv -ao alsa:device=hw=1.0

vo: To set correct video-out device
ao: To set audio device


DVD::Rip installation
2005-07-31T17:19:00.000-07:00
Dependencies Resolved
Transaction Listing:
  Install: perl-Video-DVDRip.i386 0:0.52.5-1.1.fc3.rf

Performing the following to resolve dependencies:
  Install: Gtk-Perl.i386 0:0.7008-37.1.fc3.rf
  Install: ORBit.i386 1:0.5.17-14
  Install: compat-db.i386 0:4.1.25-6
  Install: gnome-libs.i386 1:1.4.1.2.90-44
  Install: libcddb.i386 0:0.9.4-2
  Install: libcdio.i386 0:0.73-1
  Install: libglade.i386 1:0.17-15
  Install: libxml.i386 1:1.8.17-12
  Install: ogmtools.i386 0:1.5-1.1.fc3.rf
  Install: perl-libintl.noarch 0:1.11-2.1.fc3.rf
  Install: subtitleripper.i386 0:0.3.4-1.1.fc3.rf
  Install: vcdimager.i386 0:0.7.21-0.lvn.1.3

Is this ok [y/N]: y
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Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing: libxml 100 % done 1/13
Installing: libcddb 100 % done 2/13
Installing: libcdio 100 % done 3/13
Installing: vcdimager 100 % done 4/13
Installing: ORBit 100 % done 5/13
Installing: compat-db 100 % done 6/13
Installing: gnome-libs 100 % done 7/13
Installing: libglade 100 % done 8/13
Installing: Gtk-Perl 100 % done 9/13
Installing: subtitleripper 100 % done 10/13
Installing: ogmtools 100 % done 11/13
Installing: perl-libintl 100 % done 12/13
Installing: perl-Video-DVDRip 100 % done 13/13

Installed: perl-Video-DVDRip.i386 0:0.52.5-1.1.fc3.rf
Dependency Installed: Gtk-Perl.i386 0:0.7008-37.1.fc3.rf ORBit.i386 1:0.5.17
-14 compat-db.i386 0:4.1.25-6 gnome-libs.i386 1:1.4.1.2.90-44 libcddb.i386 0
:0.9.4-2 libcdio.i386 0:0.73-1 libglade.i386 1:0.17-15 libxml.i386 1:1.8.17-
12 ogmtools.i386 0:1.5-1.1.fc3.rf perl-libintl.noarch 0:1.11-2.1.fc3.rf subt
itleripper.i386 0:0.3.4-1.1.fc3.rf vcdimager.i386 0:0.7.21-0.lvn.1.3
Complete!
[root@be ~]#


Installed Python 2.4 on Fedora Core 3 with Yum
2005-07-20T23:06:00.000-07:00
Follow 'yum' download/install instructions at:



Linux RPMs for Python 2.4




MythVideo installation
2005-06-22T21:42:00.000-07:00
Remove plugins files/subdir. Sync with CVS state on 4/22/05:

cd ~/cvs
cvs -z3 -d :pserver:mythtv@cvs.mythtv.org:/var/lib/mythcvs checkout -D "2005-04-22" mythplugins

From mythtv howto:
$ ./configure --disable-all --enable-mythvideo
$ qmake mythplugins.pro
$ make
$ su
# make install

Ran mythtv.  Went to setup for video files.  Set files dir to /mythtv/video/

Set player command to:
mplayer ... -monitoraspect 16:9 -vo xv -ao alsa:device=digital2c

With English audio by default:
mplayer dvd:// -dvd-device %d -fs -zoom -monitoraspect 16:9 -vo xv -ao alsa:device=hw=1.0 -alang en

Refresh video library/files list: Setup/Utilites, Video Manager [or find the setting to always display files found in the video subdir]

Note, that xvid was previously installed. See blog entry for Sunday, April 24, 2005. So everything just "worked"; at least xvid file playback.


Turtle Beach Riviera installation
2005-06-22T19:43:00.000-07:00
ALSA recognized the new card (card 1):

[root@be ~]# aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: ICH5 [Intel ICH5], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel ICH5]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: ICH5 [Intel ICH5], device 4: Intel ICH - IEC958 [Intel ICH5 - IEC958
]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: CMI8738MC6 [C-Media PCI CMI8738-MC6], device 0: CMI8738-MC6 [C-Media
 PCI DAC/ADC]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: CMI8738MC6 [C-Media PCI CMI8738-MC6], device 1: CMI8738-MC6 [C-Media
 PCI 2nd DAC]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: CMI8738MC6 [C-Media PCI CMI8738-MC6], device 2: CMI8738-MC6 [C-Media
 PCI IEC958]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Added to .asoundrc:

pcm.digital2 {
 type plug
 slave.pcm "digital-hw2"
}
pcm.digital-hw2 {
 type hw
 card 1
 device 0
}

pcm.digital2b {
 type plug
 slave.pcm "digital-hw2b"
}
pcm.digital-hw2b {
 type hw
 card 1
 device 1
}

pcm.digital2c {
 type plug
 slave.pcm "digital-hw2c"
}
pcm.digital-hw2c {
 type hw
 card 1
 device 2
}

aplay of .wav failed:
   # aplay -D digital2 bustin.wav
   # aplay -D digital2b bustin.wav
   # aplay -D digital2c bustin.wav

Looked in alsamixer:
# alsamixer -c1

"Item: IEC958 Output" was MUTED.  Unmuted this and...

# aplay -D digital2c bustin.wav   [WORKED!]

(This is card 1, device 2).

Save settings:
   # /sbin/alsactl store

Note, that I later saved the mixer settings to a file with:
   # alsactl -f /root/asound.settings.riviera store

   Default location is /etc/asound.settings

Changed setup in MythTV (Settings->General):
Was:  ALSA:digital
Changed to: ALSA:digital2c

WORKED!

====================================
Now, xine.  Added to .asoundrc:

Card 1, Device 2:

pcm.!iec958 {
type plug
slave.pcm "hw:1,2"
}
ctl.!iec958 {
type hw
card 1
}

# xine -pfhq --no-splash --verbose dvd:///dev/hdb > tmp_xine.txt

Xine settings (Alt-S, Audio tab):

Audio driver: alsa
Use a/52 dynamic range compression: Unchecked
Downmix audio to 2 channel surround stereo: Unchecked
A/52 volume: slider all the way to the RIGHT
device used for mono: digital2c
device used for stereo: digital2c
alsa mixer device: Master
Sound card can do mmap: Unchecked
Device used for 5.1 channel output (device.alsa_passthough_de): iec958
Device used for 4 channel output: plug:surround40:0
Device used for 5.1 channel output: plug:surround51:0
Speaker arrangement: Pass Through
offset for digital passthrough: 0
Method to sync audio and video: metronom feedback
Always resample to this rate: 0 (disable)
Enable resampling: auto
Startup audio volume: slide in the MIDDLE
Restore volume level at startup: Unchecked

No sound. So tested bustin.wav (this time in KDE):
# aplay -D digital2c bustin.wav

No sound!  So restored mixer settings to fix this:
# /sbin/alsactl restore

alsamixer settings:
Master: 90
3D Contr: MUTED
PCM: 77
Synth: 77
Line: Muted
Line-in as bass: M)uted
Line-in as rear: M
CD: M
Mic: M
Mic Capt: 0
Mic as center/lfe: 0
Mic Boost: M
IEC958 5V: 0
IEC958 Copyright: M
iec958 in monitor: M
iec958 in phase inverse: M
iec958 in select: M
iec958 in valid: M
iec958 in loop: M
iec958 output: 0
pc speaker: 67
aux: M
Four channel mode: 0

Now running xine has DTS sound off DVD!   :-)


Automatically start frontend when PC boots
2005-06-08T22:42:00.000-07:00
Added to /etc/rc.d/rc.local:
su root -c "startx > /var/tmp/startx.log &" &

/root/.xinitrc contains only one line:

/usr/local/bin/mythfrontend

When quitting frontend, returns to non-X shell.


HDTV MythTV is stable :-)
2005-06-07T00:28:00.000-07:00
19 days of stability and viewing enjoyment:

[root@myth sandbox]# uptime
 00:28:01 up 19 days,  9:13,  5 users,  load average: 0.58, 0.46, 0.37


DVD playback with mplayer
2005-05-27T22:58:00.000-07:00
mplayer [-v] dvd://1 -dvd-device /dev/hdb -fs -zoom -monitoraspect 16:9 -vo xv -ao alsa:device=digital -aid 128

-v: shows all audio tracks available and format (5.1, stereo, etc.)

pgup/pgdn: skip 10mins
up/down:   skip  1 min
left/right: skip 10s
space: pause


Backend is stable
2005-05-23T01:46:00.000-07:00
After the kernel upgrade to 2.6.11 and pchdtv 2.0 DVB drivers, IOBOUND errors have gone away and the backend has been stable for several days.

FE is still on 2.6.9.  It powered off for the first time with 'shutdown -h now'.


8192 pid (DVB)
2005-05-20T12:00:00.000-07:00
[linux-dvb] Confused Air2PC owner: "> *Note: the 8192 is not a valid PID it will return the entire TS stream 

> to mplayer. To find other streams in a TS stream run mplayer with the 

> -v option."



8191 is other special pid.


DVB BER will always be zero
2005-05-19T00:03:00.000-07:00
pchdtv.com :: View topic - pcHDTV 2000 and DVB: "BTW - the number isn't high bit-error-rate (BER). Neither card has BER capabilities, the HD3000 driver returns 0 if it cant support it, the HD2000 driver returns -1. The two drivers had to go through different linux approval paths to get to the same place and that is one of the dissagreements currently, out there (minor as it is) The DVB API is supposed to determine if the capability is present (which both drivers report they can't do) and only show a number if it means something. Hence what a device returns if it isn't supported is a non-issue so no one wants to pick something and run with it... 



There is your bit of OpenSource trivia for the day... 



Rusty"


VNCserver setup
2005-05-18T19:14:00.000-07:00
[root@myth ~]# cat ~/.vnc/xstartup
#!/bin/sh

# Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
unset SESSION_MANAGER
exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
vncconfig -iconic &
xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
# Use kde.
startkde &
# twm &

Reset access passwd:
[root@myth ~]# ls ~/.vnc/passwd
/root/.vnc/passwd

[root@be ~]# cd .vnc
[root@be .vnc]# ls
be.donnlee.com:1.log  be.donnlee.com:2.log  passwd    xstartup~
be.donnlee.com:1.pid  be.donnlee.com:2.pid  xstartup
[root@be .vnc]# which vncpasswd
/usr/bin/vncpasswd
[root@be .vnc]# vncpasswd
Password:
Verify:

Start server:
[root@myth ~]# vncserver

(enter access pw)

Restart server:

[root@be .vnc]# service vncserver stop
Shutting down VNC server:                                  [  OK  ]

[root@be .vnc]# vncserver
New 'be.donnlee.com:2 (root)' desktop is be.donnlee.com:2
Starting applications specified in /root/.vnc/xstartup
Log file is /root/.vnc/be.donnlee.com:2.log

Windows vnc client doesn't connect. So found in 'man Xvnc':

       -rfbport port
              Specifies  the  TCP  port  on which Xvnc listens for connections
              from viewers (the protocol used in VNC is called RFB  -  "remote
              framebuffer").  The default is 5900 plus the display number.

Windows vnc client uses 5900.

# vncserver -rfbport 5900


Another post about fixing mythfill channels with scan data
2005-05-18T18:58:00.000-07:00
pchdtv.com :: View topic - hd3000 dvb setup in mythtv: "The myth scan for DVB channels returns useful information, but the channel names don't match, 
so this information has to be transferred over, which is why I spent a good part of today getting the hang of mysql and mysql-browser. What is (sortof) working for me are the following table entries: 

mysql> SELECT chanid,channum,freqid,sourceid,callsign,name,
xmltvid,mplexid,serviceid,atscsrcid FROM `channel` where sourceid=2; 
+--------+---------+--------+----------+----------+
--------------------+---------+---------+-----------+-----------+ 
| chanid | channum | freqid | sourceid | callsign | name | xmltvid | mplexid | serviceid | atscsrcid | 
+--------+---------+--------+----------+----------+
--------------------+---------+---------+-----------+-----------+ 
| 2014 | 4_1 | 28-1 | 2 | WNBCDT | WNBCDT (WNBC-DT) | 20459 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 
| 2015 | 4_2 | 28-2 | 2 | WNBCDT2 | WNBCDT2 (WNBC-DT2) | 44936 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 
| 2016 | 5_1 | 44-1 | 2 | WNYWDT | WNYWDT (WNYW-DT) | 20360 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 
| 2017 | 2_1 | 56-1 | 2 | WCBSDT | WCBSDT (WCBS-DT) | 16689 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2018 | 5_2 | 44-2 | 2 | WNYWDT2 | WNYWDT2 (WNYW-DT2) | 30763 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 
| 2019 | 7_1 | 45-1 | 2 | WABCDT | WABCDT (WABC-DT) | 20453 | NULL | NULL | NULL | 
| 2020 | 9_1 | 38-1 | 2 | WWORDT | WWORDT (WWOR-DT) | 26566 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 
| 2021 | 11_1 | 33-1 | 2 | WPIXDT | WPIXDT (WPIX-DT) | 20373 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 
+--------+---------+--------+----------+----------+
--------------------+---------+----"


Kernel upgrade, pcHDTV driver upgrade
2005-05-18T17:34:00.000-07:00
[One suggestion to my iobound problem email was to upgrade to 2.6.11]

Kernel upgrade from 2.6.9 to 2.6.11
# yum upgrade kernel
[reboot]

# uname -a
Linux myth.donnlee.com 2.6.11-1.14_FC3 #1 Thu Apr 7 19:23:49 EDT 2005 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

Upgrade from pchdtv 1.5 drivers to 2.0 with DVB. Old 1.5 drivers didn't seem to work with the new kernel.

Download pcHDTV-2.0.tar.gz from pchdtv.com
pchdtv 2.0 dir: 'make' and 'make install'
'make udev' said "udev is up to date"

REBOOT

After reboot modprobe:

modprobe cx88-dvb


dmesg:

Linux video capture interface: v1.00
cx2388x v4l2 driver version 0.0.4 loaded
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:09.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
cx88[0]: subsystem: 7063:3000, board: pcHDTV HD3000 HDTV [card=22,autodetected]
tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (cx88[0])
tuner 1-0061: type set to 52 (Thomson DDT 7610 (ATSC/NTSC))
cx88[0]/0: found at 0000:00:09.0, rev: 5, irq: 11, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe200
0000
cx88[0]/0: registered device video0 [v4l2]
cx88[0]/0: registered device vbi0
cx88[0]/0: registered device radio0
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:0c.0[A] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
cx88[1]: subsystem: 7063:3000, board: pcHDTV HD3000 HDTV [card=22,autodetect
ed]
tuner 2-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (cx88[1])
tuner 2-0061: type set to 52 (Thomson DDT 7610 (ATSC/NTSC))
cx88[1]/0: found at 0000:00:0c.0, rev: 5, irq: 10, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe400
0000
cx88[1]/0: registered device video1 [v4l2]
cx88[1]/0: registered device vbi1
cx88[1]/0: registered device radio1
cx2388x dvb driver version 0.0.4 loaded
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:09.2[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
cx88[0]/2: found at 0000:00:09.2, rev: 5, irq: 11, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe300
0000
cx88[0]/2: cx2388x based dvb card
DVB: registering new adapter (cx88[0]).
DVB: registering frontend 0 (pcHDTV HD3000 HDTV)...
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:0c.2[A] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
cx88[1]/2: found at 0000:00:0c.2, rev: 5, irq: 10, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe500
0000
cx88[1]/2: cx2388x based dvb card
DVB: registering new adapter (cx88[1]).
DVB: registering frontend 1 (pcHDTV HD3000 HDTV)...

dev:

[root@myth ~]# ls -l /dev/dvb/adapter
adapter0/ adapter1/

[root@myth ~]# ls -l /dev/dvb/adapter0/
demux0 dvr0 frontend0 net0

startx and run mythtv-setup
"Yes, delete my card settings"
Capture Cards
>> type: DVB
>> DVB card number: 0

but dialog box says "Recompile with DVB-Support!"

====

make clean
make distclean

[root@myth mythtv]# ./configure --enable-dvb --dvb-path=/usr/include --enable-proc-opt
WARNING: include the output of ./configure along with
any bug report, when using a processor optimized build.
# Basic Settings
Compile type release
Compiler cache no
DistCC no
Install prefix /usr/local
CPU x86 (athlon)
Big Endian no
MMX enabled yes
Vector Builtins no

# Input Support
Joystick menu yes
lirc support no
ivtv support yes
FireWire support no
DVB support yes [/usr/include]

# Sound Output Support
OSS support yes
ALSA support yes
aRts support no
JACK support no

# Video Output Support
x11 support yes
xrandr support yes
xv support yes
XvMC support no
XvMC VLD support no
OpenGL vsync no
DirectFB no

Creating config.mak and config.h

# qmake mythtv.pro
# make
# make install

===

Now in mythtv-setup it says:

Type: DVB
DVB card #: 0
Card name: pcHDTV HD3000 HDTV
Card type: ATSC
DiSEqC input type (DVB-S): *greyed out* [good]
Default input: *greyed out* [good]

After associating each card with source=Antenna, goto option 5, Channel Editor.
"Scan for channels"
type: "Full scan"
Let it run the scan
Look for "Signal Locked" messages [good]

Start BE:
# mythbackend


Start FE and a recording:

2005-05-18 13:13:50.433 Started recording "Texas Justice" on channel: 1002 on cardid: 1, sour
ceid 1
2005-05-18 13:13:50.438 DVB#0 ERROR - Could not find dvb tuning parameters for transport 0
2005-05-18 13:13:50.438 DVB#0 ERROR - Failed to get channel options for channel 2_1.
2005-05-18 13:13:50.728 Changing from None to RecordingOnly
2005-05-18 13:13:50.759 DVB#0 Recorder: Card opened successfully (using PS mode).
2005-05-18 13:13:50.761 DVB#0 ERROR - No PIDS set, please correct your channel setup.
2005-05-18 13:13:51.761 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
2005-05-18 13:13:52.762 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
2005-05-18 13:13:53.763 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
2005-05-18 13:13:54.764 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
2005-05-18 13:13:55.764 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
2005-05-18 13:13:56.765 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.


Get dvb-apps:

cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.linuxtv.org:/cvs/linuxtv login
[empty pw]
cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.linuxtv.org:/cvs/linuxtv co dvb-apps

make bindir=/usr/local/bin datadir=/usr/local/share libdir=/usr/local/lib
make bindir=/usr/local/bin datadir=/usr/local/share libdir=/usr/local/lib DESTDIR=/ install

'make ... install' had these errors:

/bin/sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `do'
/bin/sh: -c: line 0: `for d in dvb-* ; do test -d $d  continue ; echo ..... $d ..... for d
in atsc ; do test -d $d  continue ; echo ..... $d ..... ; mkdir -p //usr/local/share/dvb/
$d/ ; cp `find $d -type f` //usr/local/share/dvb/$d/ ; done'
make[2]: *** [install-data] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/cvs/dvb-apps/util/scan'
make[1]: *** [Makefile] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/cvs/dvb-apps/util'
make: *** [install] Error 2

[no search hits]

Installed these files:

[root@myth dvb-apps]# ls -R
.:
usr

./usr:
local

./usr/local:
bin share

./usr/local/bin:
atscscan azap czap dvbscan femon szap tzap

./usr/local/share:
dvb

./usr/local/share/dvb:


Don't bother with installed binaries, just use the compiled bins in cvs/dvb-apps.


Tried to run:
cd dvb-apps/util/szap/channels-conf/atsc
perl make_atsc_chanconf.pl 92107 > ~/.azap/channels.conf

Got perl error:
Can't locate XML/XPath.pm in @INC

Fix, search hit:

"""To fix this, you need to install one or more Perl modules from CPAN. If you get the above error message, the missing module's name is XML::XPath (because Perl could not locate XML/XPath.pm, that means the module's name is XML::XPath).

To install module XML::XPath, run this command at the command line:

perl -MCPAN -e 'install "XML::XPath"'
(note the single and double quotes). This command may ask you many questions; in most cases, it is perfectly okay to simply hit return if you aren't sure. Depending on the load of the CPAN servers, executing this command may take a while.
"""

This time it worked:
perl make_atsc_chanconf.pl 92107 > ~/.azap/channels.conf

[root@myth atsc]# cat ~/.azap/channels.conf
KSTS:683000000:8VSB:0:0
KTEH:689000000:8VSB:0:0
KNTV:207000000:8VSB:0:0
KDTV:695000000:8VSB:0:0
KICU:701000000:8VSB:0:0
KPIX:563000000:8VSB:0:0
KKPX:635000000:8VSB:0:0
KQED:569000000:8VSB:0:0
KFSF:593000000:8VSB:0:0
KSMS:575000000:8VSB:0:0
KBHK:659000000:8VSB:0:0
KCNS:623000000:8VSB:0:0
KCSM:647000000:8VSB:0:0
KTSF:551000000:8VSB:0:0
KGO:533000000:8VSB:0:0
KBWB:503000000:8VSB:0:0
KTVU:725000000:8VSB:0:0
KMTP:587000000:8VSB:0:0
KRON:731000000:8VSB:0:0


[root@myth szap]# ./azap -r KGO
using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
tuning to 533000000 Hz
video pid 0x0000, audio pid 0x0000
status 00  signal 3ef9  snr e4ff  ber 00000000  unc 00000000 
status 1f  signal d80f  snr f9c5  ber 00000000  unc 00000000  FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f  signal d1a9  snr f991  ber 00000000  unc 00000000  FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f  signal d3b5  snr f9c7  ber 00000000  unc 00000000  FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f  signal d5c1  snr f9cd  ber 00000000  unc 00000000  FE_HAS_LOCK




[root@myth szap]# cd ../dvbtraffic/
[root@myth dvbtraffic]# ./dvbtraffic
0000 9 p/s 1 kb/s 14 kbit
0030 10 p/s 1 kb/s 16 kbit
0031 5365 p/s 984 kb/s 8069 kbit
0034 281 p/s 51 kb/s 423 kbit
0040 9 p/s 1 kb/s 14 kbit
0041 2449 p/s 449 kb/s 3684 kbit
0044 156 p/s 28 kb/s 234 kbit
1ffb 39 p/s 7 kb/s 59 kbit
1fff 4578 p/s 840 kb/s 6885 kbit
2000 12901 p/s 2368 kb/s 19403 kbit


1fff and 2000 are totals not pids.


31 and 34 are good pid. convert to dec: 49 and 52.
edit ~/.azap/channels.conf

KGO:533000000:8VSB:49:52

Restart azap:

[root@myth szap]# ./azap -r KGO
using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
tuning to 533000000 Hz
video pid 0x0031, audio pid 0x0034
status 1f  signal d5c1  snr f9a9  ber 00000000  unc 00000000  FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f  signal d5c1  snr f99f  ber 00000000  unc 00000000  FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f  signal d80f  snr f9b5  ber 00000000  unc 00000000  FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f  signal d5c1  snr f9d7  ber 00000000  unc 00000000  FE_HAS_LOCK

looks good.


In another window:
# cat /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 > ~/test.mpg

Writes video to file.

dvbscan info (while azap is running):

[root@myth scan]# ./dvbscan -c
using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
service is running. Channel number: 7:1. Name: 'KGO-DT '
service is running. Channel number: 7:2. Name: 'KGO-DT '
dumping lists (2 services)
KGO-DT (0x0003) 00: PCR == V V 0x0031 A 0x0034 (eng) 0x0034 (eng)
KGO-DT (0x0004) 00: PCR == V V 0x0041 A 0x0044 (eng) 0x0044 (eng)
Done.


Noticed that dvb_channel table in mysql was empty.

Reran mythtv-setup, and this time told it to Delete my channel information.
Created the "Antenna" video source again.
Remapped "Antenna" to each DVB card.

Re-scanned channels in mythtv-setup.
(scanning adds channels that can be tuned to but have no guide-info)


# mythfilldatabase
(this adds channels that have guide-info but cannot be tuned to)

SELECT xmltvid,chanid,channum,freqid,callsign,name,
mplexid,serviceid,atscsrcid FROM channel;


(this is table before doing mythfilldatabase)

mysql> SELECT xmltvid,chanid,channum,freqid,callsign,name,
mplexid,serviceid,atscsrcid FROM channel;
+---------+--------+---------+--------+----------+
---------+---------+-----------+-----------+
 xmltvid  chanid  channum  freqid  callsign  name  mplexid  serviceid  atscsrcid 
+---------+--------+---------+--------+----------+
---------+---------+-----------+-----------+
  1000  111  NULL  KNTV-HD  KNTV-HD  2  4  1 
  1001  112  NULL  NBC Wea  NBC Wea  2  5  2 
  1002  201  NULL  KBWB-HD  KBWB-HD  3  3  1 
  1003  202  NULL  KBWB-SD  KBWB-SD  3  4  2 
  1004  71  NULL  KGO-DT  KGO-DT  4  3  1 
  1005  72  NULL  KGO-DT  KGO-DT  4  4  2 
  1006  261  NULL  KTSF-D1  KTSF-D1  5  3  3 
  1007  262  NULL  KTSF-D2  KTSF-D2  5  4  4 
  1008  51  NULL  KPIX DT  KPIX DT  6  1  1 
  1009  91  NULL  KQED-HD  KQED-HD  7  3  1 
  1010  92  NULL  ENCORE  ENCORE  7  4  2 
  1011  93  NULL  WORLD  WORLD  7  5  3 
  1012  94  NULL  LIFE  LIFE  7  6  4 
  1013  95  NULL  KIDS  KIDS  7  7  5 
  1014  321  NULL  KMTP-DT  KMTP-DT  9  3  3 
  1015  21  NULL  KFSF-DT  KFSF-DT  10  3  1 
  1016  381  NULL  KCNS  KCNS  11  3  3 
  1017  11  NULL  KKPX-DT  KKPX-DT  12  3  3 
  1018  12  NULL  PaxEast  PaxEast  12  4  4 
  1019  13  NULL  Worship  Worship  12  5  5 
  1020  14  NULL  Faith  Faith  12  6  6 
  1021  431  NULL  KCSM TV  KCSM TV  13  2  1 
  1022  432  NULL  Jazz TV  Jazz TV  13  3  2 
  1023  441  NULL  KBHK-DT  KBHK-DT  14  1  1 
  1024  41  NULL  KTLN-DT  KTLN-DT  15  3  1 
  1025  481  NULL  KSTS-DT  KSTS-DT  16  3  3 
  1026  482  NULL  KNTV-DT  KNTV-DT  16  4  4 
  1027  541  NULL  KTEH-DT  KTEH-DT  17  1  1 
  1028  141  NULL  KDTV-DT  KDTV-DT  18  3  1 
  1029  361  NULL  KICU-HD  KICU-HD  19  3  1 
  1030  21  NULL  KTVUHD  KTVUHD  20  3  1 
  1031  22  NULL  KTVU-DT  KTVU-DT  20  4  2 
  1032  41  NULL  KRON-SD  KRON-SD  21  3  3 
  1033  42  NULL  KRON-HD  KRON-HD  21  4  4 
+---------+--------+---------+--------+----------+
---------+---------+-----------+-----------+
34 rows in set (0.00 sec)

After mythfilldatabase, table is:


mysql> SELECT xmltvid,chanid,channum,freqid,callsign,name,
mplexid,serviceid,atscsrcid FROM channel;
+---------+--------+---------+--------+----------+
-------------------------------+---------+-----------+-----------+
 xmltvid  chanid  channum  freqid  callsign  name  mplexid  serviceid  atscsrcid 
+---------+--------+---------+--------+----------+
-------------------------------+---------+-----------+-----------+
  1000  111  NULL  KNTV-HD  KNTV-HD  2  4  1 
  1001  112  NULL  NBC Wea  NBC Wea  2  5  2 
  1002  201  NULL  KBWB-HD  KBWB-HD  3  3  1 
  1003  202  NULL  KBWB-SD  KBWB-SD  3  4  2 
  1004  71  NULL  KGO-DT  KGO-DT  4  3  1 
  1005  72  NULL  KGO-DT  KGO-DT  4  4  2 
  1006  261  NULL  KTSF-D1  KTSF-D1  5  3  3 
  1007  262  NULL  KTSF-D2  KTSF-D2  5  4  4 
  1008  51  NULL  KPIX DT  KPIX DT  6  1  1 
  1009  91  NULL  KQED-HD  KQED-HD  7  3  1 
  1010  92  NULL  ENCORE  ENCORE  7  4  2 
  1011  93  NULL  WORLD  WORLD  7  5  3 
  1012  94  NULL  LIFE  LIFE  7  6  4 
  1013  95  NULL  KIDS  KIDS  7  7  5 
  1014  321  NULL  KMTP-DT  KMTP-DT  9  3  3 
  1015  21  NULL  KFSF-DT  KFSF-DT  10  3  1 
  1016  381  NULL  KCNS  KCNS  11  3  3 
  1017  11  NULL  KKPX-DT  KKPX-DT  12  3  3 
  1018  12  NULL  PaxEast  PaxEast  12  4  4 
  1019  13  NULL  Worship  Worship  12  5  5 
  1020  14  NULL  Faith  Faith  12  6  6 
  1021  431  NULL  KCSM TV  KCSM TV  13  2  1 
  1022  432  NULL  Jazz TV  Jazz TV  13  3  2 
  1023  441  NULL  KBHK-DT  KBHK-DT  14  1  1 
  1024  41  NULL  KTLN-DT  KTLN-DT  15  3  1 
  1025  481  NULL  KSTS-DT  KSTS-DT  16  3  3 
  1026  482  NULL  KNTV-DT  KNTV-DT  16  4  4 
  1027  541  NULL  KTEH-DT  KTEH-DT  17  1  1 
  1028  141  NULL  KDTV-DT  KDTV-DT  18  3  1 
  1029  361  NULL  KICU-HD  KICU-HD  19  3  1 
 19571  1030  21  NULL  KTVUHD  KTVUHD  20  3  1 
  1031  22  NULL  KTVU-DT  KTVU-DT  20  4  2 
  1032  41  NULL  KRON-SD  KRON-SD  21  3  3 
  1033  42  NULL  KRON-HD  KRON-HD  21  4  4 
 19572  1034  5_1  29-1  KPIXDT  KPIXDT (KPIX-DT)  NULL  NULL  NULL 
 19573  1035  4_1  57-1  KRONDT  KRONDT (KRON-DT)  NULL  NULL  NULL 
 19574  1036  7_1  24-1  KGODT  KGODT (KGO-DT)  NULL  NULL  NULL 
 19575  1044  44_1  45-1  KBHKDT  KBHKDT (KBHK-DT)  NULL  NULL  NULL 
 20547  1037  4_2  57-2  KRONDT2  KRONDT2 (KRON-DT2)  NULL  NULL  NULL 
 21650  1038  36_1  52-1  KICUDT  KICUDT (KICU-DT)  NULL  NULL  NULL 
 21785  1039  11_1  12-1  KNTVDT  KNTVDT(KNTV-DT)  NULL  NULL  NULL 
 24343  1040  20_1  19-1  KBWBDT  KBWBDT (KBWB-DT)  NULL  NULL  NULL 
 24344  1041  9_1  30-1  KQEDDT  KQEDDT (KQED-DT)  NULL  NULL  NULL 
 30460  1048  48_1  49-1  KSTSDT  KSTSDT (KSTS-DT)  NULL  NULL  NULL 
 30507  1042  9_2  30-2  KQEDDT2  KQEDDT2 (KQED-DT2)  NULL  NULL  NULL 
 30833  1043  7_2  24-2  KGODT2  KGODT2 (KGO-DT2)  NULL  NULL  NULL 
 31220  1045  38_1  39-1  KCNSDT  KCNSDT (KCNS-DT)  NULL  NULL  NULL 
 31221  1046  26_1  27-1  KTSFDT  KTSFDT (KTSF-DT)  NULL  NULL  NULL 
 34116  1047  9_5  30-5  KQEDDT5  KQEDDT5 (KQED-DT5)  NULL  NULL  NULL 
 34168  1049  9_4  30-4  KQEDDT4  KQEDDT4 (KQED-DT4)  NULL  NULL  NULL 
 35278  1050  9_3  30-3  KQEDDT3  KQEDDT3 KQED World (KQED-DT3)  NULL  NULL  NULL 
 35375  1065  65_1  41-1  KKPXDT  KKPXDT (KKPX-DT)  NULL  NULL  NULL 
 35545  1051  43_1  43-1  KCSMDT  KCSMDT (KCSM-DT)  NULL  NULL  NULL 
 35547  1052  43_2  43-2  KCSMDT2  KCSMDT2 (KCSM-DT2)  NULL  NULL  NULL 
 42586  1066  66_1  34-1  KFSFDT  KFSFDT (KFSF-DT)  NULL  NULL  NULL 
 42617  1053  14_1  51-1  KDTVDT  KDTVDT (KDTV-DT)  NULL  NULL  NULL 
 43082  1054  48_2  49-2  KSTSDT2  KSTSDT2 (KSTS-DT2)  NULL  NULL  NULL 
 44200  1055  43_3  43-3  KCSMDT3  KCSMDT3 (KCSM-DT3)  NULL  NULL  NULL 
 44690  1056  54_1  50-1  KTEHDT  KTEHDT (KTEH-DT)  NULL  NULL  NULL 
+---------+--------+---------+--------+----------+
-------------------------------+---------+-----------+-----------+
59 rows in set (0.00 sec)


UPDATE mytable SET age='22' WHERE age='21'

Add mythfill data to scanned channels:
UPDATE channel SET xmltvid='19571' WHERE chanid='1030';

UPDATE channel SET xmltvid='19572' WHERE chanid='1008';
UPDATE channel SET xmltvid='19574' WHERE chanid='1004';
UPDATE channel SET xmltvid='43082' WHERE chanid='1026';

UPDATE channel SET xmltvid='' WHERE chanid='';

Add scan info to mythfill'ed channels (better, retains my recording schedules):

UPDATE channel SET mplexid='16', serviceid='4', atscsrcid='4' WHERE chanid='1054';
UPDATE channel SET mplexid='4', serviceid='3', atscsrcid='1' WHERE chanid='1036';


UPDATE channel SET mplexid='6', serviceid='1', atscsrcid='1' WHERE chanid='1034';
UPDATE channel SET mplexid='21', serviceid='3', atscsrcid='3' WHERE chanid='1035';
UPDATE channel SET mplexid='14', serviceid='1', atscsrcid='1' WHERE chanid='1044';
UPDATE channel SET mplexid='3', serviceid='3', atscsrcid='1' WHERE chanid='1040';
UPDATE channel SET mplexid='7', serviceid='3', atscsrcid='1' WHERE chanid='1041';
UPDATE channel SET mplexid='17', serviceid='1', atscsrcid='1' WHERE chanid='1056';

UPDATE channel SET mplexid='7', serviceid='4', atscsrcid='2' WHERE chanid='1042';
UPDATE channel SET mplexid='7', serviceid='5', atscsrcid='3' WHERE chanid='1050';
UPDATE channel SET mplexid='7', serviceid='6', atscsrcid='4' WHERE chanid='1049';
UPDATE channel SET mplexid='7', serviceid='7', atscsrcid='5' WHERE chanid='1047';
UPDATE channel SET mplexid='21', serviceid='4', atscsrcid='4' WHERE chanid='1037';
UPDATE channel SET mplexid='19', serviceid='3', atscsrcid='1' WHERE chanid='1038';

UPDATE channel SET mplexid='2', serviceid='4', atscsrcid='1' WHERE chanid='1039';
UPDATE channel SET mplexid='16', serviceid='3', atscsrcid='3' WHERE chanid='1048';
UPDATE channel SET mplexid='4', serviceid='4', atscsrcid='2' WHERE chanid='1043';
UPDATE channel SET mplexid='11', serviceid='3', atscsrcid='3' WHERE chanid='1045';
UPDATE channel SET mplexid='5', serviceid='3', atscsrcid='3' WHERE chanid='1046';
UPDATE channel SET mplexid='12', serviceid='3', atscsrcid='3' WHERE chanid='1065';
UPDATE channel SET mplexid='13', serviceid='2', atscsrcid='1' WHERE chanid='1051';
UPDATE channel SET mplexid='13', serviceid='3', atscsrcid='2' WHERE chanid='1052';
UPDATE channel SET mplexid='10', serviceid='3', atscsrcid='1' WHERE chanid='1066';
UPDATE channel SET mplexid='18', serviceid='3', atscsrcid='1' WHERE chanid='1053';

UPDATE channel SET mplexid='', serviceid='', atscsrcid='' WHERE chanid='';

All scan data added to mythfill rows:

mysql> SELECT xmltvid,chanid,channum,freqid,callsign,name,
mplexid,serviceid,atscsrcid FROM channel;
+---------+--------+---------+--------+----------+
-------------------------------+---------+-----------+-----------+
 xmltvid  chanid  channum  freqid  callsign  name  mplexid  serviceid  atscsrcid 
+---------+--------+---------+--------+----------+
-------------------------------+---------+-----------+-----------+
  1000  111  NULL  KNTV-HD  KNTV-HD  2  4  1 
  1001  112  NULL  NBC Wea  NBC Wea  2  5  2 
  1002  201  NULL  KBWB-HD  KBWB-HD  3  3  1 
  1003  202  NULL  KBWB-SD  KBWB-SD  3  4  2 
 19574  1004  71  NULL  KGO-DT  KGO-DT  4  3  1 
  1005  72  NULL  KGO-DT  KGO-DT  4  4  2 
  1006  261  NULL  KTSF-D1  KTSF-D1  5  3  3 
  1007  262  NULL  KTSF-D2  KTSF-D2  5  4  4 
 19572  1008  51  NULL  KPIX DT  KPIX DT  6  1  1 
  1009  91  NULL  KQED-HD  KQED-HD  7  3  1 
  1010  92  NULL  ENCORE  ENCORE  7  4  2 
  1011  93  NULL  WORLD  WORLD  7  5  3 
  1012  94  NULL  LIFE  LIFE  7  6  4 
  1013  95  NULL  KIDS  KIDS  7  7  5 
  1014  321  NULL  KMTP-DT  KMTP-DT  9  3  3 
  1015  21  NULL  KFSF-DT  KFSF-DT  10  3  1 
  1016  381  NULL  KCNS  KCNS  11  3  3 
  1017  11  NULL  KKPX-DT  KKPX-DT  12  3  3 
  1018  12  NULL  PaxEast  PaxEast  12  4  4 
  1019  13  NULL  Worship  Worship  12  5  5 
  1020  14  NULL  Faith  Faith  12  6  6 
  1021  431  NULL  KCSM TV  KCSM TV  13  2  1 
  1022  432  NULL  Jazz TV  Jazz TV  13  3  2 
  1023  441  NULL  KBHK-DT  KBHK-DT  14  1  1 
  1024  41  NULL  KTLN-DT  KTLN-DT  15  3  1 
  1025  481  NULL  KSTS-DT  KSTS-DT  16  3  3 
 43082  1026  482  NULL  KNTV-DT  KNTV-DT  16  4  4 
  1027  541  NULL  KTEH-DT  KTEH-DT  17  1  1 
  1028  141  NULL  KDTV-DT  KDTV-DT  18  3  1 
  1029  361  NULL  KICU-HD  KICU-HD  19  3  1 
 19571  1030  21  NULL  KTVUHD  KTVUHD  20  3  1 
  1031  22  NULL  KTVU-DT  KTVU-DT  20  4  2 
  1032  41  NULL  KRON-SD  KRON-SD  21  3  3 
  1033  42  NULL  KRON-HD  KRON-HD  21  4  4 
 19572  1034  5_1  29-1  KPIXDT  KPIXDT (KPIX-DT)  6  1  1 
 19573  1035  4_1  57-1  KRONDT  KRONDT (KRON-DT)  21  3  3 
 19574  1036  7_1  24-1  KGODT  KGODT (KGO-DT)  4  3  1 
 19575  1044  44_1  45-1  KBHKDT  KBHKDT (KBHK-DT)  14  1  1 
 20547  1037  4_2  57-2  KRONDT2  KRONDT2 (KRON-DT2)  21  4  4 
 21650  1038  36_1  52-1  KICUDT  KICUDT (KICU-DT)  19  3  1 
 21785  1039  11_1  12-1  KNTVDT  KNTVDT(KNTV-DT)  2  4  1 
 24343  1040  20_1  19-1  KBWBDT  KBWBDT (KBWB-DT)  3  3  1 
 24344  1041  9_1  30-1  KQEDDT  KQEDDT (KQED-DT)  7  3  1 
 30460  1048  48_1  49-1  KSTSDT  KSTSDT (KSTS-DT)  16  3  3 
 30507  1042  9_2  30-2  KQEDDT2  KQEDDT2 (KQED-DT2)  7  4  2 
 30833  1043  7_2  24-2  KGODT2  KGODT2 (KGO-DT2)  4  4  2 
 31220  1045  38_1  39-1  KCNSDT  KCNSDT (KCNS-DT)  11  3  3 
 31221  1046  26_1  27-1  KTSFDT  KTSFDT (KTSF-DT)  5  3  3 
 34116  1047  9_5  30-5  KQEDDT5  KQEDDT5 (KQED-DT5)  7  7  5 
 34168  1049  9_4  30-4  KQEDDT4  KQEDDT4 (KQED-DT4)  7  6  4 
 35278  1050  9_3  30-3  KQEDDT3  KQEDDT3 KQED World (KQED-DT3)  7  5  3 
 35375  1065  65_1  41-1  KKPXDT  KKPXDT (KKPX-DT)  12  3  3 
 35545  1051  43_1  43-1  KCSMDT  KCSMDT (KCSM-DT)  13  2  1 
 35547  1052  43_2  43-2  KCSMDT2  KCSMDT2 (KCSM-DT2)  13  3  2 
 42586  1066  66_1  34-1  KFSFDT  KFSFDT (KFSF-DT)  10  3  1 
 42617  1053  14_1  51-1  KDTVDT  KDTVDT (KDTV-DT)  18  3  1 
 43082  1054  48_2  49-2  KSTSDT2  KSTSDT2 (KSTS-DT2)  16  4  4 
 44200  1055  43_3  43-3  KCSMDT3  KCSMDT3 (KCSM-DT3)  NULL  NULL  NULL 
 44690  1056  54_1  50-1  KTEHDT  KTEHDT (KTEH-DT)  17  1  1 
+---------+--------+---------+--------+----------+
-------------------------------+---------+-----------+-----------+
59 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Deleted ch 66_1 KFSF, Spanish (channum "21" conflicted with "21" KTVU).

VERY IMPORTANT: You must restart the myth backend after removing conflicting channum "21" (KFSF). Otherwise, it will keep recording KFSF and not KTVU.

DELETE FROM channel WHERE chanid='1015';

Deleted non-unique ch41, KTLN.

mplexid seems to change every time you rescan. This means you cannot use the mplexid of a previous scan on the current scan.  The mplexid has been reliable on every scan (there has not been a need to change it from the scanned value).

[end]


Mailing List Archive: hdtv guide data
2005-05-18T15:16:00.000-07:00
Mailing List Archive: hdtv guide data: "When you scan for channels and run mythfilldatabase you get two sets 

of the same channels. (More or less.) Those added by the scan have no 

guide info, but you can tune them. mythfilldatabase added channels 

that cannot be tuned but have guide data (obviously.) 



So, you have two choices: 



1) Add xmltvid's to those channels added by the scan and mark the 

mythfilldatabases as not 'visible'. This is in the channel editor, 

BTW. However, marking them not visible doesn't remove them from 

livetv browse, just the guide. This is the easiest and if you don't 

use livetv much or at all just do this one. You can't delete the 

mythfilldatabase channels, they'll just come back next time it runs. 



2) Update the channel entries for the mythfilldatabase added entries 

so that they can be tuned, then delete the scanned channels from the 

channel table. 



2 is a bit more involved and you have to look at your mysql tables. 

The important values are in the channel table... for the scanned 

channels you will see entries in the mplexid, serviceid, and atscsrcid 

fields. In the equivalent mythfilldatabase added channel record, set 

the above fields to what you see in the scanned channel entry. 



You have to do this for each channel. When you're done you should be 

able to tune the mythfilldatabase channels. When you're sure it's all 

working you can delete the channel records corresponding with the 

scanned channels."


pchdtv.com :: View topic - HowTo: Test the HD-3000 DVB using dvb-apps
2005-05-18T12:43:00.000-07:00
pchdtv.com :: View topic - HowTo: Test the HD-3000 DVB using dvb-apps

DCL archive:
http://www.employees.org/~donn/htpc/test_hd-3000_dvb_using_dvb-apps.htm


MythTV DVB Setup Guide
2005-05-18T12:06:00.000-07:00
MythTV DVB Setup Guide


pchdtv.com :: View topic - pcHDTV 2.0 drivers with mythtv 0.18
2005-05-18T12:04:00.000-07:00
pchdtv.com :: View topic - pcHDTV 2.0 drivers with mythtv 0.18: "I'm in the Sacto., CA area and to get good playback/recording for FOX 40 (and better all around I think) I had to go into the Advanced Options -> Recording for the DVB Capture card and select use TS instead of PS option."


Kernel modules info
2005-05-18T11:47:00.000-07:00
Quick HOWTO: Creating Custom Linux Kernels