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== My Life ==
 
== My Life ==
I am as of September 2008 an electrical engineer for [http://cannondesign.com Cannon Design] in Boston, MA. I help design hospitals, health care facilities, research labs, various educational facilities (dorms, athletic centers, etc), and pretty much anything else we get hired to design.
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Electric Power Engineer living in Boston, MA
  
 
I can be reached for mythtv purposes at adeffs_dot_mythtv_at_gmail_dot_com.
 
I can be reached for mythtv purposes at adeffs_dot_mythtv_at_gmail_dot_com.
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=== TVRage.com ===
 
=== TVRage.com ===
I developed a TV.com import perl script for adding archived shows to the Watch Recordings DB. I've received help from folks on the myth mailing lists in this project (see source for a roll call).
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This project has been moved to [http://code.google.com/p/tvrageimport/ Google Code] to make managing it easier.
  
*I recently updated it for [http://www.tvrage.com/ TVRage.com] importing. The new version can be found [http://www.jobs-khakis-chicks.com/MythTV/TVRageImport/ here] (tvragegrab).
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TVRage.com import perl script for adding archived shows to the MythTV Watch Recordings DB or the MythVideo? database (pre-0.22).
** I've recently been informed of a bug in which the same file can be added twice due to the random chanid generation. I'll be looking into this shortly, but if anyone knows of a quick fix drop me an email =)
 
  
 
=== 6200changer.sh ===
 
=== 6200changer.sh ===
I wrote a script for handling my DCT-6200 cable boxes connected via firewire that changes the channel and uses firewire_tester to stabilize the connection before Myth tries to record. This has, in the first 7 days of operation (at the time of writing this, the period I've used it) allowed me to not fail in recording a single show.  
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I wrote a script for handling my DCT-6200 cable boxes connected via firewire that changes the channel and uses firewire_tester to stabilize the connection before Myth tries to record. This has, over the last two years, allowed me to not fail in recording a single show.
  
 
To use, set it up in mythtv-setup as the channel change script. Give it the GUID of the box as shown in mythtv-setup. The script takes two variables, the first being the GUID (which is why you have to specify it) and the second is the channel number (which mythtv automatically feeds it at the end of the command you give it). The script then changes the channel on that GUID and runs firewire_tester. In running firewire_tester it requires that it show the connection is stable twice. If it iterates 10 times it will automatically re-tune the channel, and after 50 attempts total it will send Myth the "failed" result, otherwise it will send Myth the "success" result.
 
To use, set it up in mythtv-setup as the channel change script. Give it the GUID of the box as shown in mythtv-setup. The script takes two variables, the first being the GUID (which is why you have to specify it) and the second is the channel number (which mythtv automatically feeds it at the end of the command you give it). The script then changes the channel on that GUID and runs firewire_tester. In running firewire_tester it requires that it show the connection is stable twice. If it iterates 10 times it will automatically re-tune the channel, and after 50 attempts total it will send Myth the "failed" result, otherwise it will send Myth the "success" result.
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= My Systems =
 
= My Systems =
  
I have Comcast cable here in Boston. I use QAM for my HD, and have two DCT-6200 digital cable boxen. The QAM tuners tune the open channels on the Comcast cable line and the DCT-6200 are connected via firewire to the backend.
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I've since moved on from MythTV after moving out of the 5br apartment I lived in with housemates and now use a TiVo Roamio.  
  
== Current Dedicated Back End ==
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== Dedicated Back End ==
  
Running SVN trunk 14542 as of 10-October-2007
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157305 ASRock 970DE3/U3S3] AM3+ AMD 770 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103961 AMD FX-8120] Zambezi 3.1GHz Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor FD8120FRGUBOX
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148543 Crucial Ballistix sport 8GB] (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Desktop Memory Model BLS2KIT4G3D1339DS1S00
 
* [http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811219007 Norco RPC-810 4U Rackmount Chassis] (wonderful!!)
 
* [http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811219007 Norco RPC-810 4U Rackmount Chassis] (wonderful!!)
[[Image:http://www.jobs-khakis-chicks.com/images/mythbackend/norcocase.jpg]]
 
* [http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1652 MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum]
 
[[Image:http://www.jobs-khakis-chicks.com/images/mythbackend/msik8nneopt.jpg]]
 
* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103535 AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2000MHz HT Socket 939] Venice Core
 
[[Image:http://www.jobs-khakis-chicks.com/images/mythbackend/cpu.jpg]]
 
* 1024MB Corsair DDR400 RAM
 
 
* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005&Tpk=CMPSU-650TX Corsair CMPSU-650TX 650W Power Supply]
 
* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005&Tpk=CMPSU-650TX Corsair CMPSU-650TX 650W Power Supply]
[[Image:http://www.jobs-khakis-chicks.com/images/mythbackend/powersupply.jpg]]
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* Maxtor 7L300R0 300GB System Drive
* [http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support/scsi/ultra2/AHA-2940U2W/ Adaptec 2940U2W] SCSI Controller Card
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* 6x500GB 7200RPM 8MB cache, SATA Recording Drives via Storage Groups
** [http://www.storagereview.com/articles/200107/20010711KW073L8_1.html Maxtor Atlas10K III] U320 18GB - System Drive
 
* Recordings and General Storage Drive RAID 5, 1.4TB
 
** 2x Maxtor 7L300R0 (ATA)
 
** 2x Maxtor 7L300S0 (SATA)
 
** 2x Western Digital WD3200JD-60KLB0 (SATA)
 
 
* Tuners
 
* Tuners
** 1x [http://www.pchdtv.com/ pcHDTV HD3000]
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815706001 Ceton InfiniTV 4] - Quad-tuner Card, w/ CableCard
** 2x [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815100134 Avermedia A180 HDTV Tuner]
 
** 1x [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815116620 Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-150 MCE] with a Motorola DCT-6200 Digital Cablebox controlled via firewire.
 
  
== Current Dedicated Front End ==
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== Fileserver ==  
  
Running SVN trunk 14542 as of 10-October-2007
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188035 EVGA EVGA 113-YW-E115-TR] - LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 730i HDMI ATX Intel Motherboard
* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811163052 Silverstone SST-LC16S-M Silver]
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116072 Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz] - LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor BX80571E5200
[[Image:http://www.jobs-khakis-chicks.com/images/mythcenter/LC16S.jpg]]
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* 2x1GB DDR2, 2x512MB DDR
* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188035 EVGA 113-YW-E115-TR LGA 775 NVIDIA GeForce 9300 HDMI ATX Intel Motherboard]
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006 CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply]
[[Image:]]
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* 6x2TB SATA
* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116072 Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor ]
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** TV Rips, HDTV conversions
[[Image:]]
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** Music
* [http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817103932 Antec TruePower 2.0 TP2-550 EPS12V 550W Power Supply]
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** Movies
[[Image:http://www.jobs-khakis-chicks.com/images/mythcenter/powersupply.jpg]]
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134117 Kingston ValueRAM 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory]
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== Theater Room Frontend ==
[[Image:]]
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* [http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822148013 SEAGATE ST340014A 40GB] system drive
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129029  Antec Silver on Black Veris Fusion ] - 430 Micro ATX Media Center / HTPC Case with IR receiver
[[Image:http://www.jobs-khakis-chicks.com/images/mythcenter/harddrive.jpg]]
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148693 Seagate ST3802110ACE 80GB ] system drive
* 6x500GB SATA RAID5 TV Rips, HDTV conversions, music, etc (2.3TB total)
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136149 LG GH20NS15 SATA DVD Burner]
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138061 BIOSTAR N68PA-M2T TForce TF7050-M2] AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 7050PV HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103774 AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+] Brisbane 2.1GHz Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor ADO4000DDBOX
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134488 Kingston 2GB] (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model KVR800D2K2/2GR
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121397 ASUS ENGT430/DI/1GD3(LP)] GeForce GT 430 (Fermi) 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16880121003 AVS Gear GP-IR01BK] Windows Vista Infrared MCE Black Remote Control
  
 
== Frontend Theater/Stereo Equipment ==
 
== Frontend Theater/Stereo Equipment ==
* [http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-electronics/shop/Televisions/Plasma-HDTVs/model.TH-58PZ700U_11002_7000000000000005702 Panasonic TH50PZ700U] - 50" 1080p plasma
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* [http://www.samsung.com/us/video/tvs/PN60F5350AFXZA Samsung PN60F5350AFXZA] - 60" 1080p Plasma
[[Image:http://www.jobs-khakis-chicks.com/images/hometheater/panasonic_th50pz700u.jpg]]
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* [http://usa.denon.com/us/Product/Pages/ProductDetail.aspx?PCatId=AVSolutions%28DenonNA%29&CatId=AVReceivers%28DenonNA%29&Pid=AVR3806%28DenonNA%29 Denon AVR-3806] - being used as a Pre/Pro
* [http://www.usa.denon.com/ProductDetails/623.asp Denon AVR-3806] - being used as a Pre/Pro
 
[[Image:http://www.jobs-khakis-chicks.com/images/hometheater/AVR3806.jpg]]
 
 
* [http://www.parasound.com/vintage/hca1205a.php Parasound HCA-1205A] - 5x120W Amp
 
* [http://www.parasound.com/vintage/hca1205a.php Parasound HCA-1205A] - 5x120W Amp
[[Image:http://www.jobs-khakis-chicks.com/images/hometheater/HCA-1205A.jpg]]
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882105669 Sony BDP-S390] Blu-ray Disc Player
* Paradigm Reference Studio(v.2) [http://www.paradigm.com/en/reference/fronts-studio-studio40-model-2-13-1-27.paradigm 40's], Studio CC(v.2) and Titan's for surround (which really need to be replaced with a set of 20's or 40's...)
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812107800 Belkin PureAV PF-60] Power Center, Silver
* [http://www.oppodigital.com/dv981hd/dv981hd_index.html Oppo 981HD]
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16880111030 Logitech Harmony 700] Universal Remote Control
[[Image:http://www.jobs-khakis-chicks.com/images/hometheater/dv981hd.jpg]]
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882117403 Pioneer SP-FS51-LR] Floorstanding Speakers
* [http://catalog.belkin.com/PureAV_detail.process?Product_Id=178925 Belkin PureAV PF-60] Power Center, Silver
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882117404 Pioneer SP-C21] Center Channel
[[Image:http://www.jobs-khakis-chicks.com/images/hometheater/PF60.jpg]]
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882117406 Pioneer SP-BS41-LR] 2CH Bookshelf Loudspeakers as surrounds
* [http://www.universalremote.com/product_detail.php?model=55 Home Theater Master MX-500]
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Old Speakers:
[[Image:http://www.jobs-khakis-chicks.com/images/mythbedroom/MX_500.jpg]]
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* Paradigm Reference Studio(v.2) [http://www.paradigm.com/en/reference/fronts-studio-studio40-model-2-13-1-27.paradigm 40's], Studio CC(v.2) and Titan's for surround
  
== Current Bedroom Frontend ==
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== Current Personal Bedroom Equipment ==
* [http://www.universalremote.com/product_detail.php?model=55 Home Theater Master MX-500] - remote
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* [http://www.universalremote.com/product_detail.php?model=55 Home Theater Master MX-500] Universal Remote Control
[[Image:http://www.jobs-khakis-chicks.com/images/mythbedroom/MX_500.jpg]]
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236080 ASUS MT276HE] Black 27" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor
* [http://www.gateway.com/accessories/product/1541000R.php?seg=hm Gateway FPD2485W] - 24" LCD
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* [http://www.audioholics.com/reviews/speakers/satellite/energy-take-classic-review Energy Take 5] Speakers, White
[[Image:http://www.jobs-khakis-chicks.com/images/mythbedroom/monitor.jpg]]
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* [http://www.onecall.com/ProductDetails.aspx?id=34129 Panasonic SA-XR57] A/V Receiver
* [http://www.audioholics.com/reviews/speakers/satellite/energy-take-classic-review Energy Take 5] - Speakers, White
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* [http://www.oppodigital.com/dv981hd/dv981hd_index.html Oppo 981HD] DVD/SACD/DVD-A player
* [http://www.onecall.com/ProductDetails.aspx?id=34129 Panasonic SA-XR57] - "Panel Theater", digital amp with SACD/DVD-Audio playback.
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[[Image:http://www.jobs-khakis-chicks.com/images/mythbedroom/panasonic_SAXR57.jpg]]
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== Current Housemate Bedroom Equipment ==
* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129029  Antec Silver on Black Veris Fusion ] - 430 Micro ATX Media Center / HTPC Case with IR receiver (doesn't come with remote, but I have one from my main frontend, and its compat with the MCE-USB remote, you just need to create your own lirc definition file)
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* [http://www.logitech.com/remotes/universal-remotes/devices/6621 Logitech Harmony 650] Universal Remote Control
[[Image:http://www.jobs-khakis-chicks.com/images/mythbedroom/case.jpg]]
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* [http://store.sony.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&partNumber=KDL32L4000 Sony KDL32L4000] Sony 32" LCD TV
* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188021 EVGA 112-CK-NF77-A1 ] - LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce e-7150/630i HDMI Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
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* [http://www.amazon.com/Denon-AVR-1909-7-1-Channel-Multizone-Receiver/dp/B001BKND5W/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top Denon AVR-1909] Surround Receiver
[[Image:http://www.jobs-khakis-chicks.com/images/mythbedroom/motherboard.jpg]]
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* [http://us.playstation.com/ps3/ PlayStation 3]
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* [http://www.paradigm.com/ Paradigm] Atom x2, Titan x2, CC-50
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= Parent's Systems =
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I built a home Myth system for my parents, here's what they have.
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== Combined Backend/Frontend ==
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188021 EVGA 112-CK-NF77-A1] - LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce e-7150/630i HDMI Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
 
* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116036 Intel Pentium E2160 Allendale 1.8GHz] -  LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80557E2160 (overclocked to 3.0GHz and counting!)
 
* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116036 Intel Pentium E2160 Allendale 1.8GHz] -  LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80557E2160 (overclocked to 3.0GHz and counting!)
[[Image:http://www.jobs-khakis-chicks.com/images/mythbedroom/cpu.jpg]]
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145034 CORSAIR XMS2 2GB] - DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400C4
* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145034 CORSAIR XMS2 2GB ] - DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400C4
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151175 SAMSUNG SH-S222A] - DVD Writer
[[Image:http://www.jobs-khakis-chicks.com/images/mythbedroom/memory.jpg]]
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814134100 ECS Silent Series NSGT220-1GQS-H GeForce GT 220]
* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103013 COOLER MASTER RR-LIE-L9E1-GP] - 95mm Rifle CPU Cooler (not as quiet as I had hoped, will probably replace with a quiter equally or more efficient CPU cooler)
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* 3x[http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152175 SAMSUNG EcoGreen F2 HD154UI] - 1.5TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
[[Image:http://www.jobs-khakis-chicks.com/images/mythbedroom/cpucooler.jpg]]
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* 1x[http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822144186 Maxtor MaXLine III 7L300S0] - 300GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s
* [http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822148013 SEAGATE ST340014A 40GB] system drive
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* 2x[http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815116030 Hauppauge HD PVR] - High Definition Personal Video Recorder 1212
[[Image:http://www.jobs-khakis-chicks.com/images/mythbedroom/harddrive.jpg]]
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* 1x HDHomeRun with an HDTV Antenna
* Plextor PX-716A SATA DVD/RW (had it laying around, don't think it works for DVD's anymore, just buy a cheap liteon/etc from [http://www.newegg.com Newegg]...)
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[[Image:http://www.jobs-khakis-chicks.com/images/mythbedroom/PX716Adrive.jpg]]
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== Kitchen Frontend ==
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883103297 Acer AspireRevo AR3700-U3002] - Nettop Intel Atom D525(1.80GHz) 2GB DDR3 250GB HDD Capacity NVIDIA ION graphics
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== Master Bedroom Frontend ==
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883103228 Acer AspireRevo AR1600-U910H] - Desktop PC Intel Atom 230(1.6GHz) 1GB DDR2 160GB HDD Capacity NVIDIA ION LE
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== Office Frontend ==
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* [https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856501007 LIVA 32GB 2GB DDR3L RAM installed 32GB eMMC Storage]
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== Guest Bedroom Frontend ==
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* [https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856501007 LIVA 32GB 2GB DDR3L RAM installed 32GB eMMC Storage]
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== Spare (Old Personal Bedroom) Frontend ==
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856173001 Zotac MAG HD-ND01] Intel Atom 330 NVIDIA ION
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136391 Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD1600BEVT] 160GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive
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* 2GB RAM
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16880121003 AVS Gear GP-IR01BK] Windows Vista Infrared MCE Black Remote Control
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== Spare (Old Housemate Bedroom) Frontend ==
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As used by one of my housemates with his HDTV
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856119016 Foxconn NT-330I-A-B-NA-A] Intel Atom 330 NVIDIA ION
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145255 HITACHI Travelstar 5K500.B] HTS545025B9A300  250GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Notebook Hard Drive
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231155 G.SKILL 2GB] 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Laptop Memory Model F2-6400CL5S-2GBSQ
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16880121003 AVS Gear GP-IR01BK] Windows Vista Infrared MCE Black Remote Control
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== Spare (Kitchen) Frontend ==
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856173005 Zotac ZBOX HD-ID11-U] Intel Atom D510 NM10 NVIDIA ION GPU
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* 2GB RAM (from MacBook upgrade)
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* 250GB HDD (from MacBook upgrade)
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* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16880101002 Rosewill Remote Control]
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= System Customizations =
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== Frontend Auto login ==
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For those of us that want to run mythfrontend without a window manager, here is the information the dev's don't want you to see:
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=== disable window manager ===
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From,
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http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=10798400#post10798400
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assuming lightdm is being used,
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echo "manual" | sudo tee -a /etc/init/lightdm.override
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The splash screen can cause some problems, so I would suggest you to disable it. Edit the /etc/default/grub file and replace the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" with GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet". Then generate a new Grub2 config file,
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sudo update-grub
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=== .xinitrc ===
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When X starts it looks to the users home directory for the ''.xinitrc'' file. There are two options at this point for how to use .xinitrc, one will load a window manager, the other will not.
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==== No Window Manager ====
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For no windowmanager, create/edit the user's ''.xinitrc'' and add,
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{{Code box|.xinitrc|
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<pre>
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xset -dpms s off
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xsetroot -solid black
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mythfrontend -l /home/mythtv/mythfrontend.log
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#mythtv-setup
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#xterm
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</pre>
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}}
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This will turn off dpms, turn the X default background color black and log to /home/mythtv/mythfrontend.log. These options can, obviously, all be changed.
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Also included is an easy way to access mythtv-setup or xterm, just uncomment the appropriate line and comment out the mythfrontend line.
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''Note that running mythfrontend without a window manager is not a supported configuration.  You may run into focus problems when trying to press buttons, enter text and generally use the system. These issues have mostly been fixed in the newer versions of MythTV and many users run this method successfully, especially with Mythbuntu''
 +
 
 +
== X11 Remote Keymapping (ie LIRC-less)==
 +
[https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1754719 ir-keytable or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying about the LIRC Kernel]
 +
 
 +
[http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/ir-keytable.1.html ir-keytable]
 +
 
 +
[http://madaboutbrighton.net/articles/2015/remote-control-media-player-without-lirc-using-ir-keymap Control your media player using your existing remote control]
 +
 
 +
[http://atterer.org/mythtv-xmbc-remote-control-without-lirc MythTV: Use All Buttons of Your Remote Control - Without LIRC]
  
 
= Encoding =
 
= Encoding =
I've become somewhat of a mencoder/BASH scripting guru through my many adventures using it and writing scripts. Hopefully, one day, MythArchive will allow for custom profiles with some of the better options/features of mencoder so that such scripts are no longer needed. But for now here are some of the scripts I've written for encoding...
+
I've become somewhat of a mencoder/BASH scripting guru through my many adventures using it and writing scripts.
 
 
So here are some of my encoding scripts. If you like them feel free to drop me an email (adeffs_dot_mythtv_at_gmail_com) and let me know. If you have some improvements drop me an email as well and I'll update the script here and give you a little shout-out!
 
  
 
== HR.HDTV script ==
 
== HR.HDTV script ==
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  Main $@
 
  Main $@
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
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 +
=Custom Schedules=
 +
Shouldn't be needed for 0.25 on
 +
==The Daily Show==
 +
<pre>program.title LIKE "%Daily Show%"
 +
AND HOUR(DATE_SUB(program.starttime, INTERVAL 2 HOUR)) > 20
 +
AND WEEKDAY(DATE_SUB(program.starttime, INTERVAL 2 HOUR)) < 4
 +
AND (WEEKDAY(DATE_SUB(program.starttime, INTERVAL 2 HOUR)) = 0
 +
OR program.previouslyshown = 0)</pre>
 +
 +
==Colbert Report==
 +
<pre>program.title LIKE "%Colbert Report%"
 +
AND (MINUTE(program.starttime) = 30 OR MINUTE(program.starttime) = 31)
 +
AND HOUR(DATE_SUB(program.starttime, INTERVAL 2 HOUR)) > 20
 +
AND WEEKDAY(DATE_SUB(program.starttime, INTERVAL 2 HOUR)) < 4
 +
AND (WEEKDAY(DATE_SUB(program.starttime, INTERVAL 2 HOUR)) = 0
 +
OR program.previouslyshown = 0)</pre>
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[[Category:MythPeople]]
 
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[[Category:User Systems]]

Latest revision as of 02:25, 19 April 2017

Me

My Life

Electric Power Engineer living in Boston, MA

I can be reached for mythtv purposes at adeffs_dot_mythtv_at_gmail_dot_com.

My Myth Contributions

I don't really code, but I try to be active in bug and feature testing.

TVRage.com

This project has been moved to Google Code to make managing it easier.

TVRage.com import perl script for adding archived shows to the MythTV Watch Recordings DB or the MythVideo? database (pre-0.22).

6200changer.sh

I wrote a script for handling my DCT-6200 cable boxes connected via firewire that changes the channel and uses firewire_tester to stabilize the connection before Myth tries to record. This has, over the last two years, allowed me to not fail in recording a single show.

To use, set it up in mythtv-setup as the channel change script. Give it the GUID of the box as shown in mythtv-setup. The script takes two variables, the first being the GUID (which is why you have to specify it) and the second is the channel number (which mythtv automatically feeds it at the end of the command you give it). The script then changes the channel on that GUID and runs firewire_tester. In running firewire_tester it requires that it show the connection is stable twice. If it iterates 10 times it will automatically re-tune the channel, and after 50 attempts total it will send Myth the "failed" result, otherwise it will send Myth the "success" result.

You can change the script to use another channel changer if you require.

#!/bin/bash
#

GUID=`echo "$1"|sed -r "s/[A-Z]+/\L&/g"`
CHANNEL=$2

NODE=`plugreport | grep $GUID | awk '{if (($1 == "Node")  && ($4 == "'"0x$GUID"'
")) print $2}'`
echo "Node: '$NODE'"
echo "Changing to channel $CHANNEL"
6200ch -v -s -g $GUID $CHANNEL
#maybe a pause is needed?
sleep 4

STABILIZE="1"
COUNT=0
TOTALCOUNT=0
STABLECOUNT=0
echo "Stabilizing Firewire Connection!..."
#maybe an initial run followed by a verification run?

#initial run
firewire_tester -B -r2 -n$NODE

#while [ "$STABILIZE" != "Broadcast Fix: Success (already stable)" ]
while [ $STABLECOUNT -lt 2 ]
do
       STABILIZE=`firewire_tester -B -n$NODE|grep "already stable"`
       if [[ "$STABILIZE" != "Broadcast Fix: Success (already stable)" ]]
       then
               echo "Not Stable! Attempt $COUNT"
               ((COUNT+=1))
               ((TOTALCOUNT+=1))
               if [ $TOTALCOUNT -gt 50 ]
               then
                       echo "FAILED to Stabilize!!"
                       exit 1
               fi
               if [ $COUNT -gt 10 ]
               then
                       6200ch -v -s -g $GUID $CHANNEL
                       COUNT=0
                       firewire_tester -B -r2 -n$NODE
               fi
       else
               echo $STABILIZE
               ((STABLECOUNT+=1))
       fi
done
echo "Stable!"
exit 0

My Systems

I've since moved on from MythTV after moving out of the 5br apartment I lived in with housemates and now use a TiVo Roamio.

Dedicated Back End

Fileserver

Theater Room Frontend

Frontend Theater/Stereo Equipment

Old Speakers:

  • Paradigm Reference Studio(v.2) 40's, Studio CC(v.2) and Titan's for surround

Current Personal Bedroom Equipment

Current Housemate Bedroom Equipment

Parent's Systems

I built a home Myth system for my parents, here's what they have.

Combined Backend/Frontend

Kitchen Frontend

Master Bedroom Frontend

Office Frontend

Guest Bedroom Frontend

Spare (Old Personal Bedroom) Frontend

Spare (Old Housemate Bedroom) Frontend

As used by one of my housemates with his HDTV

Spare (Kitchen) Frontend

System Customizations

Frontend Auto login

For those of us that want to run mythfrontend without a window manager, here is the information the dev's don't want you to see:

disable window manager

From, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=10798400#post10798400

assuming lightdm is being used,

echo "manual" | sudo tee -a /etc/init/lightdm.override

The splash screen can cause some problems, so I would suggest you to disable it. Edit the /etc/default/grub file and replace the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" with GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet". Then generate a new Grub2 config file,

sudo update-grub


.xinitrc

When X starts it looks to the users home directory for the .xinitrc file. There are two options at this point for how to use .xinitrc, one will load a window manager, the other will not.

No Window Manager

For no windowmanager, create/edit the user's .xinitrc and add,


Script.png .xinitrc

xset -dpms s off
xsetroot -solid black
mythfrontend -l /home/mythtv/mythfrontend.log
#mythtv-setup
#xterm

This will turn off dpms, turn the X default background color black and log to /home/mythtv/mythfrontend.log. These options can, obviously, all be changed.

Also included is an easy way to access mythtv-setup or xterm, just uncomment the appropriate line and comment out the mythfrontend line.

Note that running mythfrontend without a window manager is not a supported configuration. You may run into focus problems when trying to press buttons, enter text and generally use the system. These issues have mostly been fixed in the newer versions of MythTV and many users run this method successfully, especially with Mythbuntu

X11 Remote Keymapping (ie LIRC-less)

ir-keytable or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying about the LIRC Kernel

ir-keytable

Control your media player using your existing remote control

MythTV: Use All Buttons of Your Remote Control - Without LIRC

Encoding

I've become somewhat of a mencoder/BASH scripting guru through my many adventures using it and writing scripts.

HR.HDTV script

I wrote this script to create my own versions of what "the scene" calls HR.HDTV encodes. These look decent on HDTV's up to about 50". Beyond that I highly recommend using x264 at 720p encodes. It may take a lot more processing to get done, but if your TV is that big you'll thank me for recommending it.

So what this script does is convert any 1080i or 720p recording to "HR.HDTV" which is basically a 960x544 resolution file with the original AC3 soundtrack. It will encode to the CD size standard of putting one hour of tv on a CD (ie 44minutes into 700MB, 22minutes into 350MB). It's also a good start to doing other conversions as the options can easily be changes to do things like encode to x264 at 1280x720(hint hint)...

You will need PerlCalc for some math in the script...

#!/bin/bash
#
# My script to create hr.hdtv encodes.
#
# This script will perform the following tasks:
# 1. Analyze the original mpeg for
#       a. play length
#       b. audio size
#       c. frame speed (60fps/30fps)
# 2. Calculate final file size (350MB or 700MB)
# 3. Calculate final video size based on final file
#    size and audio size.
# 4. Encode.
#

#variables
overheadbytes=16
server_default=POT

#Functions
#Video Length Calculation
function VideoSizeCalc() {
        audiosize=`pc $audiobitrate/1000*$totalseconds*0.1220703125/1024`
        echo "Audio Size in MB = $audiosize"
#       audiooverhead=`pc $totalseconds*1000/64`
#       videooverhead=`pc 23.976*$totalseconds`
#       totaloverhead=`pc $audiooverhead+$videooverhead`
#       overheadsize=`pc $totaloverhead*$overheadbytes/1024**2`
#       overheadsize=`echo `${overheadsize:0:4}``
#       echo "(DD) Overhead = $overheadsize MB"
        totalseconds=`echo $totalseconds|sed -e 's/\.[0-9]*//'`
#       echo "(DD) Total Seconds = $totalseconds"
        if [ $totalseconds -lt 1800 ]; then
                totalsize=350
        elif [ $totalseconds -lt 3600 ]; then
                totalsize=700
        else
                echo "I don't know how to handle this length!"
                exit 1
        fi
        echo "Total Size = $totalsize"
#       videosize=`pc $totalsize-$overheadsize-$audiosize` #original formula
        videosize=`pc $totalsize-$audiosize`    # new one since overhead doesn't

                                                #really matter its so small
        videosize=`echo `${videosize:0:3}``
        echo "Videosize = $videosize MB"
}


function FolderNameClean() {
        input=$1
        input=`echo "$input" | sed -e 's/.[Aa][Vv][Ii]//'`
        input=`echo "$input".XviD-MythTV`
        folder_name=$input
}

#test for arguements
if [[ -z "@ARGV" ]]; then
        echo "first arguement is the original mpg"
        echo "second arguement is the new folder name, will be used for filename"
        exit
else
        #Reassign variables
        if [[ ! -e $1 ]]; then
                echo "no such input mpg!"
                exit
        else
                original_name=$1
        fi
        folder_name=$2
        FolderNameClean $2
        file_name=`echo "$folder_name" | tr A-Z a-z`
        # display arguments
        echo "Original mpeg is: $original_name"
        echo "Folder name will be: $folder_name"
        echo "File name will be: $file_name"
fi

#Grab input file information
echo "Determining total file length..."
totalseconds=`mencoder $original_name -ovc copy -nosound -o /dev/null -quiet 2>&1 | awk '/^Video stream:/{print $10+$10/$12}'`
echo "total seconds = $totalseconds"
audiobitrate=`mplayer -vo null -ao null -frames 0 -identify "$original_name" 2>/dev/null | grep "ID_AUDIO_BITRATE" | sed -e 's/ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=0//' | grep "ID_AUDIO_BITRATE" | sed -e 's/ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=//'`
echo "audio bitrate = $audiobitrate"
videowidth=`mplayer -vo null -ao null -frames 0 -identify "$original_name" 2>/dev/null | grep "ID_VIDEO_WIDTH" | sed -e 's/ID_VIDEO_WIDTH=//'`
videoheight=`mplayer -vo null -ao null -frames 0 -identify "$original_name" 2>/dev/null | grep "ID_VIDEO_HEIGHT" | sed -e 's/ID_VIDEO_HEIGHT=//'`
videofps=`mplayer -vo null -ao null -frames 0 -identify "$original_name" 2>/dev/null | grep "ID_VIDEO_FPS" | sed -e 's/ID_VIDEO_FPS=//'`
videofps=`echo `${videofps:0:2}``
echo "FPS: $videofps"
aspect=`pc $videowidth/$videoheight`
aspect=`echo "$aspect" | tr -s [:digit:]`
echo "Aspect Ratio: $aspect"
#Calculate Video size
VideoSizeCalc
sleep 10
videosize=`pc $videosize*1024`
echo "Videosize = $videosize"

if [[ -e "$original_name" ]]; then
        echo start `date +%H:%M`>$file_name.runtime
        if [[ "$videofps" -eq "59" ]]; then
                nice -n 17 mencoder $original_name -oac copy -ovc xvid -vf decimate=2:1000:1600:.001,scale=960:544 -ofps 24000/1001 -xvidencopts pass=1:vhq=0:me_quality=5:turbo:quant_type=mpeg:aspect=$aspect:max_bframes=0:bitrate=-$videosize -o /dev/null
                #
                nice -n 17 mencoder $original_name -oac copy -ovc xvid -vf decimate=2:1000:1600:.001,scale=960:544 -ofps 24000/1001 -xvidencopts pass=2:quant_type=mpeg:aspect=$aspect:max_bframes=0:bitrate=-$videosize -o $file_name.avi
        elif [[ "$videofps" -eq "29" ]]; then
                nice -n 17 mencoder $original_name -oac copy -ovc xvid -vf pullup,softskip,scale=960:544 -ofps 24000/1001 -xvidencopts pass=1:vhq=0:me_quality=5:turbo:quant_type=mpeg:aspect=$aspect:max_bframes=0:bitrate=-$videosize -o /dev/null
                #
                nice -n 17 mencoder $original_name -oac copy -ovc xvid -vf pullup,softskip,scale=960:544 -ofps 24000/1001 -xvidencopts pass=2:vhq=0:me_quality=5:quant_type=mpeg:aspect=$aspect:max_bframes=0:bitrate=-$videosize -o $file_name.avi
        fi
        echo stop `date +%H:%M`>>$file_name.runtime
        echo "Runtime"
        more $file_name.runtime
fi
exit

NeroAAC in linux

NOTE: Nero recently released a version of their encoder that is linux native, but I haven't updated my script for it since I actually rarely use it now, I've been using dbPowerAmp at work...

Recently Nero released their wonderful AAC encoder for "DOS" (command line app in windows). Since I'm a huge fan of AAC for compressed audio due to its quality I was hoping they'd release a linux version, but as it turns out their windows version was designed to work a-o-k in linux under WINE!

The only caveats I've found is that you need to have the folder where you music ready for conversion is mapped as a drive in Wine. As well, the filenames cannot have any periods in them except for the one that designates the extension (ie this.song.is.good.flac is no good but this song is good.flac is fine), which is an issue I know how to solve with a simple perl rename, but have yet to tackle in the script... Other than that, your good to go.

So what I did, is I wrote a script that will convert any format mplayer supports, as well as APE to M4A. Right now I really only have it setup for WAV, FLAC and APE though, but its pretty easy to add other formats. For mplayer supported formats look at the FLAC functions, for formats that require another decoder to get to WAV look at the APE section. This script can also recursively enter folders, so you can rip a whole lot of CD's (using cdparanoia or EAC under WINE of course!) into seperate folders and run this script from their root and it will go into each folder and convert! how handy!

This site has some great info on the encoder, as well as how to encode directly to M4A when ripping with EAC. This is a good guide to do the same in K3B.

This script has two command line options as of now. First it will allow you to delete the original after a successful encode using -e, or you can specify a specific directory with -d.

This script also has some defined options near the top, EncoderDir=~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Nero QualityLevel="0.8"

EncoderDir is obviously where your neroAACenc.exe file is, and Quality level is a numerical value for the recording quality setting. I don't like compressed audio and find that 0.8 is a good balance for my ears and my desire to keep file sizes down. This equates to about 300Kbps, which is rather large for even the MP3 format, so feel free to change this value for your needs.

For those that used the old Nero encoder with "Quality Levels", here's a quick conversion chart...

Old Presets Quality Levels
Tape -q=0.0
Radio -q=0.1
Internet -q=0.2
Streaming -q=0.3
Normal -q=0.5
Extreme -q=0.6
Audiophile -q=0.8
Transcoding -q=1.0
 #!/bin/bash
 #
 #
 IFS=$'\n'
 EncoderDir=~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Nero
 QualityLevel="0.8"
 CURRENTDIR=`pwd`
 directory=$CURRENTDIR
 
 function Main() {
 
         until [ -z "$1" ]
         do
                 echo "Processing parameter of: '$1'"
 
                 if [ ${1:0:1} = '-' ]; then
                         tmp=${1:1} # Strip off leading '-' . . .
                         parameter=${tmp%%=*} # Extract name.
                         if [ "$parameter" = "e" ]; then
                                 echo "Will erase originals upon successful encode!"
                                 opt_e=1
                         fi
                         if [ "$parameter" = "d" ]; then
                                 directory=$1
                                 echo "Directory taken from command line as: $dir
                                 ectory"
                         fi
 
                 fi
 
         shift
         done
         echo "Working directory: $directory"
 
 for dir in $( find -type d )
 do
         cd $dir
         for file in $( find -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.flac' -printf '"%f"\n'|
 sort )
         do
                 echo "FLAC format found! Converting \""$file"\"..."
                 rename 's/\.{2,}//' $file
                 file=`echo "$file"|sed 's/\.{2,}//'`
                 basename=`echo "$file"|sed 's/\..*//'`
                 basename=`echo "$basename"|sed 's/\"//'`
 
                 RANDOM='time'
                 TEMPFILE=/dev/shm/neroaac-$RANDOM
                 DecodeMplayerSupported $basename.flac $TEMPFILE
                 EncodeToAAC $basename $TEMPFILE
                 rm -f $TEMPFILE
                 RemoveOriginal $basename flac
                 ls *flac
         done
 
         for file in $( find -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.wav' -printf '"%f"\n'|sort )
         do
                 echo "File "$file" already in Wave format, converting to AAC..."
                 basename=`echo "$file"|sed 's/\..*//'`
                 basename=`echo "$basename"|sed 's/\"//'`
                 EncodeToAAC $basename
                 RemoveOriginal $basename wav
                 ls *wav
         done
 
         for file in $( find -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.ape' -printf '"%f"\n'|sort )
         do
                 echo "APE format found! Converting \""$file"\"..."
                 basename=`echo "$file"|sed 's/\..*//'`
                 basename=`echo "$basename"|sed 's/\"//'`
                 RANDOM='time'
                 TEMPFILE=/dev/shm/neroaac-$RANDOM
                 DecodeAPE $basename.ape $TEMPFILE
                 EncodeToAAC $basename $TEMPFILE
                 rm -f $TEMPFILE
                 RemoveOriginal $basename ape
                 ls *ape
         done
 cd $CURRENTDIR
 done
         exit 0
 }
 
 function DecodeAPE() {
         inputfile=$1
         outputfile=$2
         nice -n 17 mac $inputfile $outputfile -d
 }
 
 function DecodeMplayerSupported() {
         inputfile=$1
         outputfile=$2
         nice -n 17 mplayer -vc null -vo null -ao pcm:file=$outputfile:fast "$inputfile"
 }
 
 function EncodeToAAC() {
         filebase="$1"
         infile="$filebase".wav
         outfile="$filebase".m4a
         if [ "$2" ]; then
                 infile="$2"
         fi
 
         echo "File base: $filebase"
         echo "TEMPFILE: $2"
         echo "Input File: $infile"
         echo "Output File: $outfile"
         nice -n 17 wine $EncoderDir/neroAacEnc.exe -q $QualityLevel -if "$infile" -of "$outfile"
         if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
                 echo "Encode Success!"
                 success=1
 #               mv tmp.m4a "$outfile"
         else
                 echo "Encode Failed!"
                 success=0
 #               rm -f "tmp.m4a"
 #               rm -f "tmp.m4a"
         fi
 }
 
 function DiscoverFormat {
         input=$1
 
 
 }
 
 function RemoveOriginal {
         origfile=$1
         extension=$2
         if [ $opt_e -eq 1 ]; then
                 if [ $success -eq 1 ]; then
                         echo "Removing Original file: $origfile.$extension"
                         rm -f $origfile.$extension
                 else
                         echo "Not Removing Original file!"
                 fi
         fi
 }
 
 Main $@

Custom Schedules

Shouldn't be needed for 0.25 on

The Daily Show

program.title LIKE "%Daily Show%"
AND HOUR(DATE_SUB(program.starttime, INTERVAL 2 HOUR)) > 20
AND WEEKDAY(DATE_SUB(program.starttime, INTERVAL 2 HOUR)) < 4
AND (WEEKDAY(DATE_SUB(program.starttime, INTERVAL 2 HOUR)) = 0
OR program.previouslyshown = 0)

Colbert Report

program.title LIKE "%Colbert Report%"
AND (MINUTE(program.starttime) = 30 OR MINUTE(program.starttime) = 31)
AND HOUR(DATE_SUB(program.starttime, INTERVAL 2 HOUR)) > 20
AND WEEKDAY(DATE_SUB(program.starttime, INTERVAL 2 HOUR)) < 4
AND (WEEKDAY(DATE_SUB(program.starttime, INTERVAL 2 HOUR)) = 0
OR program.previouslyshown = 0)