[mythtvnz] mythtvnz Digest, Vol 22, Issue 18

Blazy Babe blaze.trademe at gmail.com
Sun Jun 14 22:55:38 BST 2009 

Hi Everyone

I have been on this list now for a month and reading all the
submissions, which are interesting.  I have not yet started playing
with the hardware/software yet.

I am the IT Manager at a small secondary school which has a skybox. I
am wanting to record shows and also stream over the network.

Would anyone have suggestions in regards to use in a school network?

Cheers

Blaze

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>   1. Whats on Sky? (Nick Rout)
>   2. Re: DVB-S PCI card availability (Hadley Rich)
>   3. Re: Whats on Sky? (Hadley Rich)
>   4. Re: Whats on Sky? (Tortise)
>   5. Re: Channel change stability issues with MythTV andVDPAU in
>      NZ (Ross and Jemima Knudsen)
>   6. Re: Whats on Sky? (Steven Ellis)
>   7. Re: DVB-S PCI card availability (Steven Ellis)
>   8. Re: Channel change stability issues with MythTV andVDPAU  in
>      NZ (Jean-Yves Avenard)
>   9. Re: DVB-S PCI card availability (Hadley Rich)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:02:31 +1200
> From: Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com>
> Subject: [mythtvnz] Whats on Sky?
> To: MythTV in NZ <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
> Message-ID:
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> Is any of Sky's HD fare available unencrypted off the satellite? I am
> particularly thinking of stuff like TV3.
>
> Also is it DVB-S or S2?
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:14:02 +1200
> From: Hadley Rich <hads at nice.net.nz>
> Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] DVB-S PCI card availability
> To: MythTV in NZ <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
> Message-ID: <1244848442.27408.13.camel at sodium>
> Content-Type: text/plain
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> On Mon, 2009-06-08 at 23:27 +1200, Steven Ellis wrote:
>> Yay.. Let me know when you have stock..
>
> They have now finally arrived, along with a new card from TeVii, the
> S420, which is supported since 2.6.28
>
> hads
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:14:46 +1200
> From: Hadley Rich <hads at nice.net.nz>
> Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] Whats on Sky?
> To: MythTV in NZ <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
> Message-ID: <1244848486.27408.14.camel at sodium>
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> On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 11:02 +1200, Nick Rout wrote:
>> Is any of Sky's HD fare available unencrypted off the satellite? I am
>> particularly thinking of stuff like TV3.
>
> Nothing that I'm aware of unfortunately.
>
> hads
> --
> http://nicegear.co.nz
> New Zealand's Open Source Hardware Supplier
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:15:58 +1200
> From: Tortise <tortise at paradise.net.nz>
> Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] Whats on Sky?
> To: MythTV in NZ <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
> Message-ID: <24643303DBF64F8ABDEAA0AC3891D3C7 at dp2000xp>
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> Nick
> See http://www.lyngsat.com/optusd1.html
> Kind regards
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nick Rout" <nick.rout at gmail.com>
> To: "MythTV in NZ" <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 11:02 AM
> Subject: [mythtvnz] Whats on Sky?
>
>
> Is any of Sky's HD fare available unencrypted off the satellite? I am
> particularly thinking of stuff like TV3.
>
> Also is it DVB-S or S2?
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:47:56 +1200
> From: Ross and Jemima Knudsen <ross.jemima at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] Channel change stability issues with MythTV
>        andVDPAU in NZ
> To: MythTV in NZ <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
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> Hi Aaron,
>
> Did you ever get this sorted?  I am having the same issues.
>
> System breakdown:
>
> Ubuntu 9.04 AMD-64
> JYA's Jaunty release repository only (no testing or bleeding)
> nvidia-glx-185 - version 185.18.14-0ubuntu3
> nvidia-185-libvdpau - version 185.18.14-0ubuntu3
> Hauppauge Nova-T 500 hardware
>
> If I click mark all upgrades in synaptic I get the following:
> http://my.jetscreenshot.com/412/20090612-vef7-41kb
>
> Update Manager keeps offering upgrades but says it can only perform a
> partial upgrade:
> http://my.jetscreenshot.com/412/20090612-yvoh-97kb
>
> So it looks like synaptic is wanting to update everything including what
> update manager isn't willing to (libmyth and mplayer) but its trying to
> revert the vdpau and nvidia driver to version 180!  Looking in Synaptic
> it wants to convert from version
> 1:0.21.0+fixes-20674-openglvdpau-0ubuntu0 to
> 1:0.21.0+fixes-20674-openglvdpau-0ubuntu3 for each of the changes.
>
> Here is the list of changes (note click the zoom link on the page to
> make it legible):
> http://my.jetscreenshot.com/412/20090612-ls1f-168kb
>
> I'd like to stay using v185 of the nvidia driver but if the version of
> myth in JYAs release repository is not compatible with this driver
> should I switch to using the testing repository?
>
>
> Ross
> PS hope the links to images work, a picture is worth a thousand words
>
>
> Aaron Drysdale wrote:
>> This problem started for me about a week ago, and it is so bad that I
>> have stopped using my dvb-t card for watching live tv and only use
>> dvb-s. However, I still use the Nova-T 500 for recording shows. Prior to
>> this, I had almost never seen this error.
>>
>> Early last week I upgraded my box to use JYA's latest version from his
>> release repository. A few days before that, I had installed 185.18.14
>> nvidia driver as well.
>>
>> I did have some problems with the install of myth. I had recently
>> installed monit to monitor my myth backend. During the upgrade, it
>> failed with an exit status of 127 on the backend. I assumed that this
>> was because monit had restarted the service during the install. So I
>> stopped monit, reinstalled, and it worked without a problem.
>>
>> However, after the upgrade I found I couldn't watch live tv. 8 times out
>> of 10, it was failing to even go into live tv with the "Encountered a
>> problem displaying video" message. However I am not getting this problem
>> with SD. When I do get into live tv on HD, then it usually fails the
>> first time I try to change the channel.
>>
>> I have also seen it suddenly come up with this message while I am just
>> watching live tv and haven't touched the remote, and live tv has been
>> playing for 20 minutes or more.
>>
>> I have restarted the machine, and also done a complete power down to
>> start the card from a cold state. It has made no difference.
>>
>> So, I have gone back to using the dvb-s card for live tv by switching
>> the order of the dvb cards in the backend. For the last several days I
>> have only been using the dvb-s card for watching live tv and browsing,
>> and haven't seen a problem. I'm not sure if this is related to a problem
>> in the latest version or whether the failure during the install could
>> have corrupted my install in some way.
>>
>> I would happily provide a log if someone could tell me what log is
>> required, and whether I need to enable any extra logging.
>>
>> Aaron
>>
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> ------------------------------
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> Message: 6
> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:02:55 +1200
> From: Steven Ellis <steven at openmedia.co.nz>
> Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] Whats on Sky?
> To: MythTV in NZ <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
> Message-ID: <76E40FDA-89F8-4249-B4BE-0BD42F5BF547 at openmedia.co.nz>
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>
> On 13/06/2009, at 11:02 AM, Nick Rout wrote:
>
>> Is any of Sky's HD fare available unencrypted off the satellite? I am
>> particularly thinking of stuff like TV3.
>
> Sadly all encrypted
>
>>
>> Also is it DVB-S or S2?
>
> All of their HD channels are in DVB-S2
>
>
> Steven Ellis - Technical Director
> OpenMedia Limited
> email   - steven at openmedia.co.nz
> website - http://www.openmedia.co.nz
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> Message: 7
> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:05:32 +1200
> From: Steven Ellis <steven at openmedia.co.nz>
> Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] DVB-S PCI card availability
> To: MythTV in NZ <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
> Message-ID: <9440B745-26DF-4AD3-BFBD-246924179AA2 at openmedia.co.nz>
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> On 13/06/2009, at 11:14 AM, Hadley Rich wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 2009-06-08 at 23:27 +1200, Steven Ellis wrote:
>>> Yay.. Let me know when you have stock..
>>
>> They have now finally arrived, along with a new card from TeVii, the
>> S420, which is supported since 2.6.28
>>
>> hads
>>
>
> Thanks for the heads up.
>
> Noticed the two F-Connectors. Does it have a loop through?
>
>
> Steven Ellis - Technical Director
> OpenMedia Limited
> email   - steven at openmedia.co.nz
> website - http://www.openmedia.co.nz
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> Message: 8
> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:02:13 +1000
> From: Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] Channel change stability issues with MythTV
>        andVDPAU        in NZ
> To: MythTV in NZ <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
> Message-ID:
>        <cb44e8370906122302i1ef89a43i9b1cef0dae565817 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
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> Hi
>
> 2009/6/13 Ross and Jemima Knudsen <ross.jemima at gmail.com>:
>> If I click mark all upgrades in synaptic I get the following:
>> http://my.jetscreenshot.com/412/20090612-vef7-41kb
>>
>> Update Manager keeps offering upgrades but says it can only perform a
>> partial upgrade:
>> http://my.jetscreenshot.com/412/20090612-yvoh-97kb
>>
>> So it looks like synaptic is wanting to update everything including what
>> update manager isn't willing to (libmyth and mplayer) but its trying to
>> revert the vdpau and nvidia driver to version 180! ?Looking in Synaptic
>> it wants to convert from version
>> 1:0.21.0+fixes-20674-openglvdpau-0ubuntu0 to
>> 1:0.21.0+fixes-20674-openglvdpau-0ubuntu3 for each of the changes.
>>
>> Here is the list of changes (note click the zoom link on the page to
>> make it legible):
>> http://my.jetscreenshot.com/412/20090612-ls1f-168kb
>>
>> I'd like to stay using v185 of the nvidia driver but if the version of
>> myth in JYAs release repository is not compatible with this driver
>> should I switch to using the testing repository?
>>
>
> 185.x has been very unstable for me and others ; my machine keeps freezing.
>
> so I put back 180.x in the release directory ; you'll have to follow
> those instructions
> http://www.avenard.org/media/Ubuntu_Repository/Entries/2009/6/10_How_to_downgrade_to_nVidia_drivers_180.xx.html
>
> It's very simple. Same procedure as upgrading from 180.x to 185.x..
>
> If you use testing, you'll find the same packages but build for 185.xx
>
> Jean-Yves
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:03:58 +1200
> From: Hadley Rich <hads at nice.net.nz>
> Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] DVB-S PCI card availability
> To: MythTV in NZ <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
> Message-ID: <1244873038.8348.4.camel at sodium>
> Content-Type: text/plain
>
> On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 17:05 +1200, Steven Ellis wrote:
>> Thanks for the heads up.
>>
>> Noticed the two F-Connectors. Does it have a loop through?
>
> Yeah it's a loop connector which is handy.
>
> It seems like a pretty good package to me. I don't know anything about
> the remote support yet, if anyone wants to test it out for me let me
> know.
>
> hads
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With Kind regards

Blaze

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