[mythtvnz] new to list, old(er) to MythTV
Jon Waite
mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:30:33 +1300
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Just thought I'd drop a quick note in (as recommended in my welcome email!)
to introduce myself having just joined the list.
Have been using MythTV in Christchurch NZ for the last 4 years or so, recent
disaster (cooked hard drives - small HTPC cases in closed cupboard in summer
= bad) has meant I'm rebuilding my backend system from scratch :/
Setup is basically a backend with PVR-350 on Sky Digital using homebrew
serial I/R transmitter and PVR-250 hooked to the roof aerial for FTA on a
MicroATX P4P800 motherboard / 2.8GHz P4 / 512Mb RAM system running Gentoo
Linux.
EPG from Hairy Geek (cheers!!! - you're a life saver!), and have written
some custom scripts to do IMDB matching / augmentation of listings using
tv_imdb etc.
Playback is mainly from networked PC's using VideoLan client (VLC) hooking
via MythWeb, but also have a 'converted' Xbox running Linux/MythTV on the
main living room TV as a frontend system.
Also (now!) have written a few monitoring scripts based around hddtemp,
lm_sensors and rrdtool to keep an eye on all my system temperatures /
voltages / fans and provide a nice web view of them - hopefully no more
cooked hard drives...
Am still in the process of rebuilding, not enough free time etc. but it's
going much more smoothly than I remember from last time (when I had to
hand-recode parts of ivtv to deal with NZ PAL tuning issues).
Some of you may know me from the LIRC configuration files I captured for the
Pace-RC30 and Motorola Sky Digital decoders used in New Zealand and
submitted to the LIRC project the last time I built my Myth system :)
Hassles at the moment:
md under Gentoo to provide mirrored system partitions (/, /var, swap, etc.)
and striped 'recording' partition on the replacement hard drives was harder
than it should have been, but sorted now.
x11-drm under Gentoo doesn't want to compile for anything later than 2.6.17
kernels, ivtv's latest version seems to be for 2.6.19 - I'd rather not have
to chose - still working on this. It's not like I really *need* drm or
accelerated glx on the backend anyway... but it should work damnit! :)
Hoping (against hope) that the 'day of week' display on MythWeather is fixed
now for NZ timezone :/
Umm, think that's it for now, anyway 'hi'
Jon.
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<DIV><SPAN class=3D812302012-19122006><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Just =
thought I'd=20
drop a quick note in (as recommended in my welcome email!) to introduce =
myself=20
having just joined the list.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D812302012-19122006><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Have =
been using=20
MythTV in Christchurch NZ for the last 4 years or so, recent disaster =
(cooked=20
hard drives - small HTPC cases in closed cupboard in summer =3D bad) has =
meant I'm=20
rebuilding my backend system from scratch :/</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D812302012-19122006><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D812302012-19122006><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Setup =
is basically a=20
backend with PVR-350 on Sky Digital using homebrew serial I/R =
transmitter and=20
PVR-250 hooked to the roof aerial for FTA on a MicroATX P4P800 =
motherboard /=20
2.8GHz P4 / 512Mb RAM system running Gentoo Linux.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D812302012-19122006><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D812302012-19122006><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>EPG =
from Hairy Geek=20
(cheers!!! - you're a life saver!), and have written some custom scripts =
to do=20
IMDB matching / augmentation of listings using tv_imdb =
etc.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D812302012-19122006><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D812302012-19122006><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>Playback is mainly=20
from networked PC's using VideoLan client (VLC) hooking via MythWeb, but =
also=20
have a 'converted' Xbox running Linux/MythTV on the main living room TV =
as a=20
frontend system.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D812302012-19122006><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D812302012-19122006><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Also =
(now!) have=20
written a few monitoring scripts based around hddtemp, lm_sensors and =
rrdtool to=20
keep an eye on all my system temperatures / voltages / fans and provide =
a nice=20
web view of them - hopefully no more cooked hard =
drives...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D812302012-19122006><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D812302012-19122006><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Am =
still in the=20
process of rebuilding, not enough free time etc. but it's going much =
more=20
smoothly than I remember from last time (when I had to hand-recode parts =
of ivtv=20
to deal with NZ PAL tuning issues).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D812302012-19122006><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D812302012-19122006><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Some =
of you may=20
know <SPAN class=3D469342803-20122006>me </SPAN>from the LIRC =
configuration=20
files I captured for the Pace-RC30 and Motorola Sky Digital decoders =
used in New=20
Zealand and submitted to the LIRC project the last time I built my Myth =
system=20
:)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D812302012-19122006><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D812302012-19122006><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>Hassles at the=20
moment:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D812302012-19122006><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D812302012-19122006><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>md =
under Gentoo to=20
provide mirrored system partitions (/, /var, swap, etc.) and striped =
'recording'=20
partition on the replacement hard drives was harder than it should have =
been,=20
but sorted now.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D812302012-19122006><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D812302012-19122006><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>x11-drm under Gentoo=20
doesn't want to compile for anything later than 2.6.17 kernels, ivtv's =
latest=20
version seems to be for 2.6.19 - I'd rather not have to chose - still =
working on=20
this. It's not like I really *need* drm or accelerated glx on the =
backend=20
anyway... but it should work damnit! :)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D812302012-19122006><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D812302012-19122006><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hoping =
(against=20
hope) that the 'day of week' display on MythWeather is fixed now for NZ =
timezone=20
:/</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D812302012-19122006><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D812302012-19122006><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Umm, =
think that's it=20
for now, anyway 'hi'</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D812302012-19122006><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D812302012-19122006><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>Jon.</FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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