[mythtvnz] mythtvnz Digest, Vol 53, Issue 18 tv_grab_nz-py set up
Paulgir
paulgir at gmail.com
Mon Jan 23 03:10:56 GMT 2012
On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:57:49 +1300,
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> 1. Video output resolution question (Paulgir)
> 2. tv_grab_nz-py set up (Paulgir)
> 3. Re: Video output resolution question (tortise)
> 4. Re: tv_grab_nz-py set up (Curtis Walker)
> 5. Re: tv_grab_nz-py set up (Paulgir)
> 6. Re: tv_grab_nz-py set up (Worik Stanton)
> 7. Re: Video output resolution question (Nick Rout)
> 8. Re: Video output resolution question (Nick Rout)
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> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:30:20 +1300
> From: Paulgir <paulgir at gmail.com>
> Subject: [mythtvnz] Video output resolution question
> To: mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz
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>>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry about the brevity of the last reply.I'm using my desktop to email
>>> the mythbox is not on my LAN yet.
>>> OK. the message I got (had I read it correctly) told me what the
>>> problem
>>> with those commands was - typos.Here's the output:
>>>
>>> myth at myth:~$ xrandr
>>> xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
>>> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 175, current 1280 x 720, maximum 1280 x 720
>>> default connected 1280x720+0+0 0mm x 0mm
>>> ? ?1280x720 ? ? ? 50.0* ? ?51.0 ? ? 52.0
>>
>>> ?xwininfo
>>>
>>> xwininfo: Please select the window about which you
>>> ? ? ? ? ? would like information by clicking the
>>> ? ? ? ? ? mouse in that window.
>>>
>>> xwininfo: Window id: 0x1200003 "Desktop"
>>> ? Width: 1280
>>> ? Height: 720
>>
>> So your monitor/TV is running at 1280x720 or 720p
>>
>> If you want a higher resolution you need to sort out driving your
>> monitor/TV at that resolution.
>>
>> By the way, every time you post, it seems to start a new thread for me
>> (I am using gmail). Please don't.
>>
>>
> I am new to using a mailing list so I don't know why you are seeing a new
> thread each time I reply.I am replying to the Digest after editing it and
> changing
> the subject line to the subject line of the original email - perhaps this
> is
> not the correct procedure?
>
> On the original question - are you saying the TV needs to be set
> correctly?
> All the HDMI inputs on the TV are capable of receiving 1080i
> signals.There
> appears
> to be no requirement or facility for manual set up.From the TV manual:
> Max display resolution:
> 4:3 768 x 768
> 16:9 1024 x 768
> PC (from HDMI terminal)
> signal horizontal frequency (kHz) vertical frequency (Hz)
> 640 x 480 @ 60Hz 31.47 60.00
> 750 (720) / 60p 45.00 60.00
> 1125 (1080) / 60p 67.50 60.00
>
> On the mythtv HDMI input the tv displays 720p / 50 Hz
> On the 1st phillips HDD recorder (analogue tuner) on another HDMI input:
> 1080i / 50 Hz
> On the 2nd phillips HDD recorder (analogue tuner) on component input:
> 576i / 50 Hz
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>
> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:58:52 +1300
> From: Worik Stanton <worik.stanton at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] tv_grab_nz-py set up
> To: mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz
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>> I put the script in the Home directory and executed it manually.
>> Didn't see any effect on the schedule.
> I did the same.
>
> TO be sure this is the script I used...
>
>
> STARTS
> #! /bin/bash
> wget http://nzepg.org/freeview.xml.gz
> gunzip freeview.xml.gz
> mythfilldatabase --file 1 freeview.xml --update
> rm freeview.xml
> exit
> STOPS
>
> I see no schedule information. But the 'mythweb/status' page says:
>
> Last mythfilldatabase run started on 2012-01-22 12:10:12 and ended on
> 2012-01-22 12:10:31. Successful.
> There's guide data until 2012-01-29 19:00 (6 days).
>
> FYI here is the output of the script...
>
> $ ./updateEPG.sh
> --2012-01-23 12:56:48-- http://nzepg.org/freeview.xml.gz
> Resolving nzepg.org... 74.207.253.88
> Connecting to nzepg.org|74.207.253.88|:80... connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
> Length: 197214 (193K) [application/x-gzip]
> Saving to: `freeview.xml.gz'
>
> 100%[======================================>] 197,214 148K/s in
> 1.3s
>
> 2012-01-23 12:56:51 (148 KB/s) - `freeview.xml.gz' saved [197214/197214]
>
> 2012-01-23 12:56:52.665 Bypassing grabbers, reading directly from file
> 2012-01-23 12:56:52.678 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2012-01-23 12:56:52.678 Using configuration directory =
> /home/lounge/.mythtv
> 2012-01-23 12:56:52.713 Empty LocalHostName.
> 2012-01-23 12:56:52.713 Using localhost value of mythdu
> 2012-01-23 12:56:52.757 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2012-01-23 12:56:52.762 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> localhost
> 2012-01-23 12:56:52.786 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
> 2012-01-23 12:56:52.787 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> localhost
> 2012-01-23 12:56:52.790 Current locale en_NZ
> 2012-01-23 12:56:52.812 No locale defaults file for en_NZ, skipping
> 2012-01-23 12:56:52.847 Loading en_us translation for module mythfrontend
> 2012-01-23 12:56:52.871 Current MythTV Schema Version (DBSchemaVer): 1264
> 2012-01-23 12:56:53.198 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2012-01-23 12:56:53.198 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> localhost
> 2012-01-23 12:56:53.752 IconData: Updating icons for sourceid: 1
> 2012-01-23 12:56:53.891 New DB connection, total: 3
> 2012-01-23 12:56:53.891 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> localhost
> 2012-01-23 12:57:03.414 Updated programs: 749 Unchanged programs: 2498
> 2012-01-23 12:57:03.448 Adjusting program database end times.
> 2012-01-23 12:57:03.527 0 replacements made
> 2012-01-23 12:57:03.527 Marking generic episodes.
> 2012-01-23 12:57:03.568 Found 111
> 2012-01-23 12:57:03.568 Fudging non-unique programids with multiple
> parts.
> 2012-01-23 12:57:03.579 Found 0
> 2012-01-23 12:57:03.579 Marking repeats.
> 2012-01-23 12:57:03.612 Found 0
> 2012-01-23 12:57:03.612 Unmarking new episode rebroadcast repeats.
> 2012-01-23 12:57:03.616 Found 0
> 2012-01-23 12:57:03.723 Marking episode first showings.
> 2012-01-23 12:57:05.311 Found 1416
> 2012-01-23 12:57:05.312 Marking episode last showings.
> 2012-01-23 12:57:06.880 Found 1416
> 2012-01-23 12:57:06.883
> ===============================================================
> | Attempting to contact the master backend for rescheduling. |
> | If the master is not running, rescheduling will happen when |
> | the master backend is restarted. |
> ===============================================================
> 2012-01-23 12:57:06.890 MythCoreContext: Connecting to backend server:
> 192.168.1.14:6543 (try 1 of 1)
> 2012-01-23 12:57:06.892 Using protocol version 63
> 2012-01-23 12:57:07.126 Received a remote 'Clear Cache' request
> 2012-01-23 12:57:08.125 mythfilldatabase run complete.
> 2012-01-23 12:57:08.140 DataDirect: Deleting temporary files
>
I ran the script in terminal and got a similar result but with these lines
for every channel:
"2012-01-23 15:33:20.500 Unknown xmltv channel identifier:
c4.freeviewnz.tv - Skipping channel."
I'll have to sort out the identifiers to get it to work.
Thanks for the help
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