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Feature requests & roadmap / Web Content

« on: March 02, 2008, 08:28:51 pm »

Hi!

I usually watch video/podcasts and streaming audio/video. For video/podcasts I use Miro (www.getmiro.com) and for streaming I use shoutcast.

Is it possible to integrate both funcionalities (I don't know if it's possible to wrap these two software in LinuxMCE's UI)?


Talking about content, how does LinuxMCE distinguish an ogg audio file from an ogg video file? I tried to open some video ogg files and LinuxMCE plays them as audio, no picture.

Best regards!

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Installation issues / Asus P7131 Analog

« on: February 22, 2008, 01:50:58 pm »

Hi!

I installed 0710beta3 on the following hardware:

asus p4b533
p4 2.0ghz
512 ram
asus mycinema p7131 Analog (not dual/hybrid/dvb), FM radio, S-Video/Composite Video-in and ir remote (through tiny jack on the pci).

This analog tvtuner loads the following modules:

linuxmce@dcerouter:~$ sudo lsmod | grep saa
[sudo] password for linuxmce:
saa7134_alsa            15392  1
snd_pcm                    80388  3 saa7134_alsa,snd_cmipci,snd_pcm_oss
saa7134                   129100  2 saa7134_alsa
video_buf                   26244  2 saa7134_alsa,saa7134
compat_ioctl32            2304  1 saa7134
ir_kbd_i2c                    9872  1 saa7134
i2c_core                     26112  3 tuner,saa7134,ir_kbd_i2c
ir_common                 35460  2 saa7134,ir_kbd_i2c
videodev                     29312  2 saa7134
v4l2_common            18432  3 tuner,saa7134,videodev
v4l1_compat              15364  2 saa7134,videodev
snd                             54660  21 saa7134_alsa,snd_cmipci,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib,snd_hwdep,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device

Tvtime works with this card, i can tune and watch channels. At first I didn't have any sound, although alsa "sees" two sound cards, and all volumes are up using alsamixer. I found that this card has an audio-ouput socket, so i used a cdaudio cable and connected it to my motherboard's sound card and i get sound, mono sound. Maybe this is something to do with the cable or mobo's socket i used. I will try connecting to cdaudio input of the mobo and maybe try to use saa7134_oss since lmce seems to be using it.

Mythtv works too, no egd or xmltv yet, i just wanted to see if i could tune channels, sometimes mythbackend dies, a quick reload does the job.

Now the real deal... I'm stuck at creating a template in linuxmce for this device. I guess this template would include tuner, tuner's audio, composite/s-video input, fm radio and ir remote. I usually don't code, except for some bash scripts and I have only been using lmce for 4 days, I'm still kind of lost.

Tips, hints, pointers, help is apreciated. You can also find me at #linuxmce on freenode.

Best regards!