[mythtvnz] mythtvnz Digest, Vol 4, Issue 19
Ashley Kirk
ash at pcx.co.nz
Mon Dec 10 22:20:42 GMT 2007
Hi Steve
I am interested in any and all your lovely work on the Technisat TTS35AI
remote.. an just doing Mythbuntu install now and have a Skystar 2.
Also, question, when installing Mythbuntu, which remote do I select during
the install?
Cheers
Ashley
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> 1. Re: Setting Tone on Mythtv (Craig Whitmore)
> 2. H.264 scan support for dvb-utils and w_scan (Steven Ellis)
> 3. Fwd: [mythtv] [ANNOUNCE] Dropping MySQL v3 and v4 support in
> SVN (Hadley Rich)
> 4. Re: Fwd: [mythtv] [ANNOUNCE] Dropping MySQL v3 and v4 support
> in SVN (Steven Ellis)
> 5. Re: SkyStar 2 remote with serial dongle... (Steve Holdoway)
> 6. Re: SkyStar 2 remote with serial dongle... (Tim Wiel)
> 7. Re: PVR 150 irblaster and sky (Simon Green)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 07:43:44 +1300
> From: "Craig Whitmore" <lennon at orcon.net.nz>
> Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] Setting Tone on Mythtv
> To: "MythTV in NZ" <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
> Message-ID: <DAB6E880C6754BAB885F8D80CA91A604 at office.orcon.net.nz>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
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>
>
> > There is a "Tone" switch which you can set up in Myth under the DiSEqC
> > section but I think this means "Toneburst" not 22kHz tone.
> >
> > If someone else can shed some light on this I would be greatfull.
> >
> > The other thing I'm looking at doing is playing with the Universal LNB
> > option and changing the switch threshold.
> > This might be able to fool myth into turning 22kHz on and off in a more
> > deterministic fashion.
> >
> > Watch this space.
>
> I worked it out..
> All you need to do it add a switch in and then add 2 LNB's to it (say
custom
> ones)
> the 1st say to LOW- 10750 SWITCH - 20000 - HIGH - 20000
> and 2nd say to LOW - 1 SWITCH - 10750 - HIGH 10750
>
> I think its how I had it..
>
> So I can scan the 1st LNB and get Optus D1 and then Scan Optus C1 and get
> the Aorura Stuff from it
> which unencrypted there is the test card and 1 radio station available to
> listen to at the moment
>
> btw does anyone have a Valid Aurora card I can test? I hear they are free
> (in Australia if you are in
> certain areas) but outside Australia you can't get/use them.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:06:33 +1300
> From: Steven Ellis <steven at openmedia.co.nz>
> Subject: [mythtvnz] H.264 scan support for dvb-utils and w_scan
> To: MythTV in NZ <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
> Message-ID: <475B69C9.2090903 at openmedia.co.nz>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> At present the tools scan/dvbscan and w_scan assume that the video has a
> stream type of 0x01 or 0x02. This means that they aren't detecting the
> vPID for the H.264 DTT transmissions as they are using stream type 0x1b.
>
> For dvb-utils the following diff will provide H.264 scan support
>
> --- linuxtv-dvb-apps-1.1.1.orig/util/scan/scan.c
> +++ linuxtv-dvb-apps-1.1.1/util/scan/scan.c
> @@ -755,6 +757,7 @@
> switch (buf[0]) {
> case 0x01:
> case 0x02:
> + case 0x1b: /* H.264 video stream */
> moreverbose(" VIDEO : PID 0x%04x\n",
> elementary_pid);
> if (s->video_pid == 0)
> s->video_pid = elementary_pid;
>
>
> In the case of the tool w_scan a similar line is needed in the function
> parse_pmt.
>
> Steve
>
> --
> Steven Ellis - Technical Director
> OpenMedia Limited
> email - steven at openmedia.co.nz
> sales - sales at openmedia.co.nz
> support - support at openmedia.co.nz
> website - http://www.openmedia.co.nz
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 19:04:15 +1300
> From: Hadley Rich <hads at nice.net.nz>
> Subject: [mythtvnz] Fwd: [mythtv] [ANNOUNCE] Dropping MySQL v3 and v4
> support in SVN
> To: MythTV in NZ <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
> Message-ID: <200712091904.15630.hads at nice.net.nz>
> Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="ansi_x3.4-1968"
>
> Hi all,
>
> Thought this may be of interest to those that haven't seen it. It
references
> the release schedule for 0.21.
>
> hads
>
> ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
>
> Subject: [mythtv] [ANNOUNCE] Dropping MySQL v3 and v4 support in SVN
> Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2007
> From: David Engel <david at istwok.net>
> To: Development of mythtv <mythtv-dev at mythtv.org>
>
> This email is being sent to serve as a warning to users that we will
> be dropping support for MySQL v4 and below in SVN beginning Tuesday,
> December 11, 2007. MySQL v5 will be the minimum supported version
> after that.
>
> If you are currently running SVN trunk and are running MySQL v3 or v4,
> you should not update SVN until you have updated MySQL to v5 or later.
> Many of the MythTV developers have been running with MySQL v5 for
> quite some time so any problems with respect to MythTV and MySQL v5
> have long since been worked out.
>
> We originally planned to drop support for MySQL v3 after MythTV
> 0.21 was released. The 0.21 release has dragged on much longer than
> intended, so rather than hold off some new changes, we decided to make
> the switch to MySQL v5 now.
>
> Finally, we have set a target date for the release of MythTV 0.21. I
> don't know if the other developers are ready to go public with an
> exact date yet, so all I will say now is it is before March, 2008.
>
> David
> --
> David Engel
> david at istwok.net
> _______________________________________________
>
> --
> http://nicegear.co.nz
> VoIP, DVB and other Linux compatible hardware
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:01:14 +1300
> From: Steven Ellis <steven at openmedia.co.nz>
> Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] Fwd: [mythtv] [ANNOUNCE] Dropping MySQL v3 and
> v4 support in SVN
> To: MythTV in NZ <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
> Message-ID: <475B92BA.50504 at openmedia.co.nz>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> Hadley Rich wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Thought this may be of interest to those that haven't seen it. It
references
> > the release schedule for 0.21.
> >
> So we might just about get it in time for Ubuntu Hardy and the DTT
> launch in April.
>
> Shame the multirec support is currently unlikely to appear in 0.21.
>
> Steve
>
> > hads
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
> >
> > Subject: [mythtv] [ANNOUNCE] Dropping MySQL v3 and v4 support in SVN
> > Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2007
> > From: David Engel <david at istwok.net>
> > To: Development of mythtv <mythtv-dev at mythtv.org>
> >
> > This email is being sent to serve as a warning to users that we will
> > be dropping support for MySQL v4 and below in SVN beginning Tuesday,
> > December 11, 2007. MySQL v5 will be the minimum supported version
> > after that.
> >
> > If you are currently running SVN trunk and are running MySQL v3 or v4,
> > you should not update SVN until you have updated MySQL to v5 or later.
> > Many of the MythTV developers have been running with MySQL v5 for
> > quite some time so any problems with respect to MythTV and MySQL v5
> > have long since been worked out.
> >
> > We originally planned to drop support for MySQL v3 after MythTV
> > 0.21 was released. The 0.21 release has dragged on much longer than
> > intended, so rather than hold off some new changes, we decided to make
> > the switch to MySQL v5 now.
> >
> > Finally, we have set a target date for the release of MythTV 0.21. I
> > don't know if the other developers are ready to go public with an
> > exact date yet, so all I will say now is it is before March, 2008.
> >
> > David
> >
>
>
> --
> Steven Ellis - Technical Director
> OpenMedia Limited
> email - steven at openmedia.co.nz
> sales - sales at openmedia.co.nz
> support - support at openmedia.co.nz
> website - http://www.openmedia.co.nz
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 20:49:15 +1300
> From: Steve Holdoway <steve at greengecko.co.nz>
> Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] SkyStar 2 remote with serial dongle...
> To: mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz
> Message-ID: <20071209204915.a77d645e.steve at greengecko.co.nz>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
>
> On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 19:42:20 +1300
> Steve Holdoway <steve at greengecko.co.nz> wrote:
>
> > Well, I've sort of had a partial success. I've got the remote working,
but not very well. The provided config file for the TTS35AI ( the 100...
remote just doesn't work at all, so I created my own usint the irrecord
utility. However, it's not working too well - have to press buttons twice,
and don't seem to have any volume control. The faq suggests that it isn't
recognising the RC-5 protocol in use, but it does state that. I think I'll
try recreating the file tomorrow - it's beer o'clock now!
> >
> > Nothing worked until I set the device to /dev/lirc0 in the
/etc/lirc/hardware.conf
> >
> > Adding the config to the list in /usr/share/lirc/remotes/technisat, and
then creating an entry for the remote in /usr/share/lirc/lirc.hdwr ( munging
the default serial and the existing technicat entry ) brought it up in the
list of remotes in the mythbuntu remotes selection page.
> >
> > I think I now need some guidance in mapping the buttons on the remote to
functions within the mythbuntu menu system. Can anyone point me resources to
help me in getting that right?
> >
> > Also, is there a wiki/forum/similar anywhere that I can publish all of
this once I get it working properly?
> >
>
> Replying to myself again. Got it all working fine only to find that the
remote sends the same 4 codes for prog+/- and vol+/- as it does for the 4
arrow keys. What a letdown ):
>
> I've got a version running now that uses the 4 coloured buttons for vol
and prog. Anyone interested, and where do I publish it??
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Steve
>
> --
> Steve Holdoway <steve at greengecko.co.nz>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:09:41 +1300
> From: Tim Wiel <timwiel at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] SkyStar 2 remote with serial dongle...
> To: MythTV in NZ <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
> Message-ID: <1197187781.5632.1.camel at ezekiel>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Just so you know - the remotes that come with the skystar cards can be
> opened up and there is a link you can unsolder and swap to the new
> postion gives the extra codes for the vol+ vol- prog+ prog- buttons.
>
> Very easy quick job to do and makes the remote much better.
>
>
> On Sun, 2007-12-09 at 20:49 +1300, Steve Holdoway wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 19:42:20 +1300
> > Steve Holdoway <steve at greengecko.co.nz> wrote:
> >
> > > Well, I've sort of had a partial success. I've got the remote working,
but not very well. The provided config file for the TTS35AI ( the 100...
remote just doesn't work at all, so I created my own usint the irrecord
utility. However, it's not working too well - have to press buttons twice,
and don't seem to have any volume control. The faq suggests that it isn't
recognising the RC-5 protocol in use, but it does state that. I think I'll
try recreating the file tomorrow - it's beer o'clock now!
> > >
> > > Nothing worked until I set the device to /dev/lirc0 in the
/etc/lirc/hardware.conf
> > >
> > > Adding the config to the list in /usr/share/lirc/remotes/technisat,
and then creating an entry for the remote in /usr/share/lirc/lirc.hdwr (
munging the default serial and the existing technicat entry ) brought it up
in the list of remotes in the mythbuntu remotes selection page.
> > >
> > > I think I now need some guidance in mapping the buttons on the remote
to functions within the mythbuntu menu system. Can anyone point me resources
to help me in getting that right?
> > >
> > > Also, is there a wiki/forum/similar anywhere that I can publish all of
this once I get it working properly?
> > >
> >
> > Replying to myself again. Got it all working fine only to find that the
remote sends the same 4 codes for prog+/- and vol+/- as it does for the 4
arrow keys. What a letdown ):
> >
> > I've got a version running now that uses the 4 coloured buttons for vol
and prog. Anyone interested, and where do I publish it??
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> >
> > Steve
> >
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> Message: 7
> Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 22:02:35 +1300
> From: "Simon Green" <simon at simongreen.net>
> Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] PVR 150 irblaster and sky
> To: "MythTV in NZ" <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
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> Thank you everyone for your help. I finally have got this going by
> following the instructions at this page
> http://losdos.dyndns.org:8080/public/mythtv-info/IR-BLASTER-HOWTO.html,
> using a serial IR transmitter.
>
> Some modifications (I am about to e-mail the site author so they can
> update their page):
>
> * I used lirc-0.8.2, instead of 0.7.2
> * As a result I needed to add the following line to the shell script
> mv ./drivers/lirc_ttusbir ./drivers/ledxmit_ttusbir
>
> * Instead of creating /etc/modutils/lirc-ledxmit, I needed to create
> /etc/modprobe.d/lirc-ledxmit
> * I used http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/pace/RC-30 as the
> contents of /etc/ledxmitd.conf
> * I stuck the init script in /etc/rc.local rather than
/etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh
> * I added the following line[1] to /etc/rc.local (before the others):
> /bin/mknod /dev/ledxmit c 72 0
>
> End result, my serial IR transmitter now controls my sky box, and the
> sky remote is no longer required. Hope this helps someone else later
> on when they find this search in Google :-)
>
> -- simon
>
> [1] there's probably a 'more correct'[tm] way of doing this with udev,
> but the above worked for me.
>
>
> On 29/11/2007, David Lowe <david at thistledown.co.nz> wrote:
> > Simon, I'm certainly no expert at this stuff, but I got the same error
> > message as you a while ago (could not connect to socket etc) and it
turned
> > out (somewhat embarrassingly) to be nothing more than an incorrect
reference
> > to /dev/lirc because I had messed it up. Hope that helps save some chest
> > hair...
> >
> > - David
>
>
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