Re: Mythtv Help

[LeeUKHA <mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well that shouldn't take long to build.. LOL...

I've had lot's of problems with Myth, but 99% are due to my lack of
Linux skills :) and the lack of well documented UK Freeview
installations...
On the plus side, I've learnt a hell of a lot about Debian (the distro
that Knoppix/KnoppMyth are based on)...
And I have my set of notes, which are gradually making it into the wiki
(knoppmythwiki.org).

Reliability wise, it's crashed a couple of time in 2-3 months, but each
time was just after something major had been installed/fixed/etc and I
was actively fiddling with the box at the  time...

During overnight recording and actually watching TV/recordings it's
never crashed...
Some of this is likely to be helped by sticking to recommended hardware
like Nforce2 mobos and Nvidia graphics cards...

My biggest problem (which is nothing directly to do with Myth) was
getting my usb MS MCE remote control working. The LIRC driver says its
supported, but there are only scraps of information about how to get it
going... It took *days* of tinkering to recompile LIRC (which I wasn't
that hot on) and setup stuff to link it into Myth... still, it all works
like a charm now... :)

If you want my notes I'll email them over... (lots of good stuff like
turning on DVDs, manual disk ejecting, fixing themes, installing UK
channel icons, sorting Apache/Samba/etc)

I'm currently working on making Myth drop into suspend mode (so it
sleeps/saves elecy when nothings going on), but typically my mobo isn't
supported... I feel a lot of hacking coming on... :]

Lee.

> Thanks Lee, will take a look at this.
>
> I will changing the channels using the transmitter like this
>
> http://losdos.dyndns.org:8080/public/mythtv-info/1-ir_transmitter.jpg
>
> how reliable do you find mythtv ? have you had any problems ?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of LeeUKHA
> Sent: 23 July 2005 11:52
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Mythtv Help
>
> I've been using MythTV/KnoppMyth on Freeview for a while... Not
exactly
> what you're after but it may help (if it's any consolation I spent
> *days* trying to get this going)....
>
> I have internal DVB-T PCI cards, I just autotune those to initially
set
> up the mythconverg database.
> Then I downloaded a script/datafile from www.parker1.co.uk
> This loads further info into the database, mainly the web address type
> links that connect that channel to the corresponding data page on the
> Radio Times website. (it also loads the paths/names for the channel
> icons)
>
> You will need to edit his xmltv.dat file and fill it with NTLs channel
> line-up but it should give  you a clue...
>
> =========here are a snip of the notes I
> made=================================
> Have a look here -
> http://www.kswindells.34sp.com/freeview/show.php/channels
  - to see the
>
> Freeview channel list
>
> /mkdir /uk         /<---temp dir to tinker in...
> /cd /uk
> wget http://www.parker1.co.uk/mythtv/updatedvb
> wget http://www.parker1.co.uk/mythtv/xmltv.dat/
>
> /pico xmltv.dat  /        <--- add the channel/xmltv mappings for
your
> local BBC1/BBC2/ITV1 area
>
> /chmod 766 updatedvb
> ./updatedvb -r/
>
> to check that the table has been updated correctly --
> echo "select chanid,channum,callsign,xmltvid from channel" 
mysql -D
> mythconverg
>
> Now you need to create the /root/.xmltv/tv_grab_uk_rt.conf file
> /
> echo "select xmltvid from channel"  mysql -D mythconverg
>
> /root/.xmltv/tv_grab_uk_rt.conf/
>
> /pico /root/.xmltv/tv_grab_uk_rt.conf/
>
> and insert the word "channel" in front of each of the lines.
> save the file and exit
> ======================================================================
>
> You should now have the database and files in state that'll work...
>
> /tv_grab_uk_rt --config-file /root/.xmltv/tv_grab_uk_rt.conf >
> /tmp/rt.xml
> mythfilldatabase --quiet --no-delete --file 1 0 /tmp/rt.xml/
>
> should now download the info and fill the database...
> ================more
> notes=================================================
> Making the Mythfilldatabase & tv_grab automatically run via cron
>
> In the MythTV uncheck the box to auto run Mythfilldatabase
>
> /pico /etc/cron.daily/mythtv-backend/      <--- and comment out all
the
> lines
> Create a new file
> /pico /etc/mythfill-1/
> containing these two lines -
> /#!/bin/sh
> su mythtv -c "tv_grab_uk_rt --config-file
> /root/.xmltv/tv_grab_uk_rt.conf > /tmp/rt.xml"/
> Create another new file
> /pico /etc/mythfill-2/
> containing these two lines -
> /#!/bin/sh
> su mythtv -c "mythfilldatabase --quiet --no-delete --file 1 0
> /tmp/rt.xml"/
>
> then chmod the files to make them executable
> /chmod 755 /etc/mythfill-1
> chmod 755 /etc/mythfill-2/
>
> /pico /etc/crontab file/
> add these lines at the end
> /45 01   * * *   root    /etc/mythfill-1
> 59 01   * * *   root    /etc/mythfill-2/
>
> And reboot....
> ==============================================================
> It works for me...
>
> Have you sorted out how you'll get Myth to change channels on your NTL
> box?
>
>
>
> > I have just setup mythtv to trial it using knopmyth
> >
> > I am struggling with programme listings. How do I make this
happen ?
> > I'm subscribed to ntl digital. Not getting much help on google or
> mythtv