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=== The Hardware === | === The Hardware === | ||
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| + | [[Image:The_system.jpg|200px|thumb|right|My system]] | ||
* [[Antec Fusion]] Black 430 Case, with LCD | * [[Antec Fusion]] Black 430 Case, with LCD | ||
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** Zalman CNPS7700-Cu CPU cooler | ** Zalman CNPS7700-Cu CPU cooler | ||
* Enermax low noise power supply ( The Antec power supply was noisy, recycled this one from a previous case | * Enermax low noise power supply ( The Antec power supply was noisy, recycled this one from a previous case | ||
| − | * | + | * eVGA / nVidia Geforce 8400GS G98 G98 Chipset |
| − | * | + | * Kworld ATSC 110 Capture Card |
| − | * | + | * Hauppauge HVR-1600 Capture Card |
| + | * Hauppauge WinTV HVR-950Q Capture Card | ||
* [[How_to_build_a_coaxial_SPDIF_bracket|Coaxial SPDIF Bracket]] | * [[How_to_build_a_coaxial_SPDIF_bracket|Coaxial SPDIF Bracket]] | ||
** Coaxial cable to Yamaha Receiver | ** Coaxial cable to Yamaha Receiver | ||
* [[Homemade Serial Receiver]] with recycled EchoStar Remote, and a Philips KW1009 IR Keyboard/Mouse | * [[Homemade Serial Receiver]] with recycled EchoStar Remote, and a Philips KW1009 IR Keyboard/Mouse | ||
| − | * | + | * 1500 Gb of Storage ( 1TB + 500 Gb drives ) |
* Tripp Lite OMNI 1000 LCD UPS | * Tripp Lite OMNI 1000 LCD UPS | ||
** Using the watchdog feature to detect hangs, and reset the mythtv system | ** Using the watchdog feature to detect hangs, and reset the mythtv system | ||
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* Heavily modified MythBuntu 8.04.1 OS | * Heavily modified MythBuntu 8.04.1 OS | ||
** Only piece remaining of original install is the splash screen on startup | ** Only piece remaining of original install is the splash screen on startup | ||
| − | * MythTv [[Release Notes - 0. | + | * MythTv [[Release Notes - 0.22|0.22]] |
* Xymon Network Monitoring | * Xymon Network Monitoring | ||
** [[lmsensors]] hardware monitoring | ** [[lmsensors]] hardware monitoring | ||
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=== TV Sources === | === TV Sources === | ||
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| + | [[Image:Ota_hdtv_antenna.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Yagi and CM 4221]] | ||
* Channel Master 4221 UHF TV Antenna | * Channel Master 4221 UHF TV Antenna | ||
** Channel Master CM 0068DSB VHF/UHF/FM Spartan 3 Outdoor Pre-Amp | ** Channel Master CM 0068DSB VHF/UHF/FM Spartan 3 Outdoor Pre-Amp | ||
| − | * UHF Yagi antenna, cut out of a Radio Shack antenna Model: VU-190 XR I had lying around | + | * UHF Corner Reflector Yagi antenna, cut out of a Radio Shack antenna Model: VU-190 XR I had lying around |
** Channel Master CM 0068DSB VHF/UHF/FM Spartan 3 Outdoor Pre-Amp | ** Channel Master CM 0068DSB VHF/UHF/FM Spartan 3 Outdoor Pre-Amp | ||
Both antenna's are mounted on a chimney mount, and the Channel Master is pointing at the CN Tower, while the Yagi is pointing at buffalo. With this setup I currently receive 18 HDTV Channnels, and 1 SD channel. TVO Ontario is the only GTA TV Station not broadcasting in digital yet. | Both antenna's are mounted on a chimney mount, and the Channel Master is pointing at the CN Tower, while the Yagi is pointing at buffalo. With this setup I currently receive 18 HDTV Channnels, and 1 SD channel. TVO Ontario is the only GTA TV Station not broadcasting in digital yet. | ||
| − | + | {| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" border="1" | |
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! scope="row" | Antenna | ||
| + | ! scope="col" | Card | ||
| + | ! scope="col" | /dev/ | ||
| + | ! scope="col" | DMESG | ||
| + | ! scope="col" | Myth Tuner | ||
| + | ! scope="col" | Source | ||
| + | ! scope="col" | Input | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! scope="row" rowspan="3" | CM 4221 <br> | ||
| + | | HVR 950Q | ||
| + | | DVB 0 | ||
| + | | Avitek | ||
| + | | 1 | ||
| + | | HDTV Cdn | ||
| + | | CA-950Q | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | KW 110 | ||
| + | | DVB 1 | ||
| + | | Nextwave | ||
| + | | 2 | ||
| + | | HDTV Cdn | ||
| + | | CA-KW110 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | HVR 1600 | ||
| + | | Video 2 | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | | 4 | ||
| + | | OTA | ||
| + | | OTA | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! scope="row" | Yagi | ||
| + | | HVR 1600 | ||
| + | | DVB 2 | ||
| + | | Samsung | ||
| + | | 3 | ||
| + | | HDTV US | ||
| + | | US-HVR1600 | ||
| + | |} | ||
== OTA Channel Listing == | == OTA Channel Listing == | ||
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One of the things I have never been able to find is a really good mplayer config file, that works really well with my setup. So after alot of tuning over several months I have come up with this config, which I feel works really well for me, YMMV. I have this in my ~/.mplayer/config file. | One of the things I have never been able to find is a really good mplayer config file, that works really well with my setup. So after alot of tuning over several months I have come up with this config, which I feel works really well for me, YMMV. I have this in my ~/.mplayer/config file. | ||
| − | Humm multi threaded mplayer | + | Humm multi threaded mplayer - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1104967 |
<pre> | <pre> | ||
Revision as of 00:28, 18 October 2010
Over 7693 recordings served, and running for 4 years 7 months 6 days 20 mins.
Contents
Main MythTV System
The Hardware
- Antec Fusion Black 430 Case, with LCD
- ASUS P4V8X-MX motherboard
- Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
- 1024 MB of Ram
- Zalman CNPS7700-Cu CPU cooler
- Enermax low noise power supply ( The Antec power supply was noisy, recycled this one from a previous case
- eVGA / nVidia Geforce 8400GS G98 G98 Chipset
- Kworld ATSC 110 Capture Card
- Hauppauge HVR-1600 Capture Card
- Hauppauge WinTV HVR-950Q Capture Card
- Coaxial SPDIF Bracket
- Coaxial cable to Yamaha Receiver
- Homemade Serial Receiver with recycled EchoStar Remote, and a Philips KW1009 IR Keyboard/Mouse
- 1500 Gb of Storage ( 1TB + 500 Gb drives )
- Tripp Lite OMNI 1000 LCD UPS
- Using the watchdog feature to detect hangs, and reset the mythtv system
- LG 50PG10 Plasma Display
- Yamaha HTR N5060 Receiver, with 6.1 speaker system
The Software
- Heavily modified MythBuntu 8.04.1 OS
- Only piece remaining of original install is the splash screen on startup
- MythTv 0.22
- Xymon Network Monitoring
- MediaWiki for storing configuration information
- NUT for monitoring UPS
- Schedules Direct for listings
- Monit for automated restarting of myth processes
TV Sources
- Channel Master 4221 UHF TV Antenna
- Channel Master CM 0068DSB VHF/UHF/FM Spartan 3 Outdoor Pre-Amp
- UHF Corner Reflector Yagi antenna, cut out of a Radio Shack antenna Model: VU-190 XR I had lying around
- Channel Master CM 0068DSB VHF/UHF/FM Spartan 3 Outdoor Pre-Amp
Both antenna's are mounted on a chimney mount, and the Channel Master is pointing at the CN Tower, while the Yagi is pointing at buffalo. With this setup I currently receive 18 HDTV Channnels, and 1 SD channel. TVO Ontario is the only GTA TV Station not broadcasting in digital yet.
| Antenna | Card | /dev/ | DMESG | Myth Tuner | Source | Input |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CM 4221 |
HVR 950Q | DVB 0 | Avitek | 1 | HDTV Cdn | CA-950Q |
| KW 110 | DVB 1 | Nextwave | 2 | HDTV Cdn | CA-KW110 | |
| HVR 1600 | Video 2 | 4 | OTA | OTA | ||
| Yagi | HVR 1600 | DVB 2 | Samsung | 3 | HDTV US | US-HVR1600 |
OTA Channel Listing
2-1 WGRZ-HD WGRZ-HD 2-2 WGRZ-W+ WGRZ-W+ 4-1 WIVB-HD WIVB HDTV 5-1 CBLT-DT CBC Toronto High Definition Television 7-1 WKBW-HD WKBW-HD 7-2 WNGS WNGS 9-1 CFTO HD CFTO HD 17-1 WNED-HD WNED-HD 17-2 WNED-SD WNED-SD 17-3 WNED-Th WNED-Th 19 CICA TV Ontario (CICA) 23 WNLO WNLO 25 CBLFT SRC Toronto Haute definition 29 WUTV WUTV FOX 41 CIII CIII (Global - Ontario) 47 CFMT CFMT (OMNI 1) 52 CKXT-DT CKXT-DT 57-1 City HD CityTV HD TORONTO 66-1 CKXT-DT CKXT-DT 69 CJMT CJMT - Omni2 Television
Basement System
Upstairs System
Mplayer Config
One of the things I have never been able to find is a really good mplayer config file, that works really well with my setup. So after alot of tuning over several months I have come up with this config, which I feel works really well for me, YMMV. I have this in my ~/.mplayer/config file.
Humm multi threaded mplayer - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1104967
# mplayer config options #General setup fs="yes" zoom="yes" quiet="yes" nojoystick="yes" cache="8192" sws="0" lavdopts=threads=2:skiploopfilter=all:fast=1 # Audio options ao="alsa:device=spdif" #audio out ac="hwdts,hwac3," mixer-channel="Master" srate=48000 # Video options vo="xv" #video out zoom="1" #Allow sofware scaling if you use x11 for vo from the commandline noaspect="1" # disable predefined aspect ratios ( XVID ) #Display double="yes" #double buffering(recommended for subtitles) monitoraspect="16:9" #Use for a widescreen laptop so keeps 4:3 content from stretching aspect="16:9" #Use for a widescreen laptop so keeps 4:3 content from stretching framedrop="1" # For slow machines #subtitle code #set this if you haven't copied your preferred font to ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf font=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/impact.ttf ffactor="10" #black outline sub-bg-alpha="0" #background color ala closed captions sub-bg-color="0" #black to white subfont-text-scale="3.7" #truetype font scaling subfont-blur="1" #Slight blur #This sets the postprocessing into overdrive using all possible spare cpu cycles to make the movie look better autoq=100 vf=pp=de,hqdn3d subpos="90" #By default subtitles are too low subalign="2" #turns off xscreen saver...sometimes stop-xscreensaver="yes"
