[mythtv-users] Myth TV without recording live!

Tachtevrenidis, Kosta Kosta.Tachtevrenidis at weyerhaeuser.com
Thu Jun 16 15:59:52 UTC 2005


Can I make Myth TV not record live TV when I don't want it? Let's say I
am doing something data bound on my MythTV box and I don't want mythtv
to add to the load by recording live TV. Can I do that?

Kosta
 

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[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Tachtevrenidis,
Kosta
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 4:44 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Not sure what else to try

Hary,

Thanks so much for following up.

I am at work right now but it just hit me that I am using v4l standard
device for my tuner setup. I used to have a tv wonder and after I
ditched it I did not change it.

You are right about my /dev/dsp but I can fix it but making arts not
startup with kde.

As a new user I have been trying to read howtos, tutorials, mailing list
archives, etc.

Thanks again...


Kosta

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[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of harywilke
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 4:24 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Not sure what else to try

dunno, double check that you have write permission on /pvr/livetv
another way to test your card would be to use mplayer and the ptune-
ui.pl script in the util directory from the ivtv tarbal.

from jarod's guide:
# /usr/lib/ivtv/ptune-ui.pl &
# mplayer -vo xv /dev/video0

that's what i used to check my videocard setup.

other things to check:
and it looks like you are also having problems w/ opening your audio
device if you compiled your own, did it pick up arts? i have to tweak
the configure script slightly to get it to recognize arts as a sound
option.

also if your new to myth you might want to check out the list archives
at:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/

hope that helped
-hary

On Jun 15, 2005, at 6:22 PM, Tachtevrenidis, Kosta wrote:

>
> Somebody must have some suggestions for me. C'mon people!
>
> Haha
>
> Kosta
>


> As far as firmeare my kernel does have something to say about the one 
> I am using:
>
>> ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
>> ivtv: Encoder Firmware may be buggy, use version 0x02040011
>>
>
> Can somebody tell me how to fix this? I got the rom file from the .inf

> driver but where Do I place it, is it /lib/firmware or /lib/modules?
>
> Now I followed Leigh's tips and ran the mythback and front ends on the

> console and captured Both stdout and stderr. Here they are. If this 
> sheds some light, please guide me to What I should be doing to fix it.
> Thanks again...
>
> A couple of this I noticed is that sometimes /dev/dsp is locked and I 
> assume it is because of Arts. When I kill it, mythtv seems to be able 
> to access it. I know how to make this permanent So no problem here.
>
> The other thing it was complaining about was that it did not like 
> RTJpeg (or something) under The recording profiles. I changed that to 
> MPEG4. Is there anything else I need to do?
>
>
> Backend.out
> -----------
> 2005-06-14 12:43:23.849 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2005-06-14 12:43:23.865 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2005-06-14 12:43:23.878 New DB connection, total: 3
> 2005-06-14 12:43:24.373 New DB scheduler connection
> 2005-06-14 12:43:24.381 mythbackend version: 0.18.1.20050510-1 
> www.mythtv.org
> 2005-06-14 12:43:24.381 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
> 2005-06-14 12:43:26.379 Reschedule requested for id -1.
> 2005-06-14 12:43:26.827 Scheduled 0 items in 0.4 = 0.44 match + 0.01 
> place
> 2005-06-14 12:43:26.830 Seem to be woken up by USER
> 2005-06-14 12:44:07.329 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> 2005-06-14 12:44:07.329 adding: pvr as a client (events: 0)
> 2005-06-14 12:44:07.336 adding: pvr as a remote ringbuffer
> 2005-06-14 12:44:07.337 Could not open audio device: /dev/dsp
> 2005-06-14 12:44:07.345 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> 2005-06-14 12:44:07.405 NVR: Won't work with the streaming interface, 
> falling back
> 2005-06-14 12:44:07.406 TVRec: Recording Prematurely Stopped
> 2005-06-14 12:44:08.738 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> 2005-06-14 12:44:08.738 adding: pvr as a client (events: 0)
>

> Frontend.out
> ------------
> 2005-06-14 12:43:28.754 New DB connection, total: 1 Total desktop 
> width=1024, height=768, numscreens=1
> 2005-06-14 12:43:28.762 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0
> 2005-06-14 12:43:28.767 mythfrontend version: 0.18.1.20050510-1 
> www.mythtv.org
> 2005-06-14 12:43:28.768 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
> 2005-06-14 12:43:29.264 Switching to square mode (visor)
> 2005-06-14 12:43:29.890 Registering Internal as a media playback 
> plugin.
> 2005-06-14 12:43:29.913 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a 
> media handler
> 2005-06-14 12:43:29.915 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a 
> media handler
> 2005-06-14 12:43:30.080 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media

> handler
> 2005-06-14 12:43:30.457 Mediamonitor: Adding /dev/cdrom
> 2005-06-14 12:43:30.472 Mediamonitor: Adding /dev/cdrom1
> 2005-06-14 12:43:30.479 Starting media monitor.
> 2005-06-14 12:43:30.556 Media status changed...  New status is:
> MEDIASTAT_OPEN old status was MEDIASTAT_NOTMOUNTED
> 2005-06-14 12:43:30.571 Media status changed...  New status is:
> MEDIASTAT_OPEN old status was MEDIASTAT_NOTMOUNTED
> 2005-06-14 12:44:03.603 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2005-06-14 12:44:03.628 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 
> (try 1 of 5)
> 2005-06-14 12:44:03.636 Using protocol version 15
> 2005-06-14 12:44:03.673 Using protocol version 15
> 2005-06-14 12:44:03.943 Disable DPMS
> 2005-06-14 12:44:04.169 RemoteFile::Read() failed in
>
> Frontend.err
> ------------
> Failed to run 'cdrecord --scanbus'
> Couldn't read file: rbuf://127.0.0.1:6543/pvr/livetv/ringbuf2.nuv
> Couldn't read file: rbuf://127.0.0.1:6543/pvr/livetv/ringbuf2.nuv
> Couldn't read file: rbuf://127.0.0.1:6543/pvr/livetv/ringbuf2.nuv
>
>
> THANKS AGAIN!
>





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