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Users / Re: password
« on: January 25, 2008, 10:53:45 pm »what is the standert password to linuxmce
Ehh.
Where should I answer?
What password do you want?
Have you installed from dvd or cd?
I guess dvd, try with linuxmce.
/niz23
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Ehh.
Where should I answer?
What password do you want?
Have you installed from dvd or cd?
I guess dvd, try with linuxmce.
/niz23
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Users / Re: Myth TV still locking up after 710 upgrade
« on: January 25, 2008, 08:00:54 am »QuoteOne workaround that I have verified (got from another lmce iser) to work good (need a couple of more days to really say) is to use another machine with only myth-frontend. no lmce installed.
That seems like it could be a good idea since this is my hybrid core anyway and I will be using the Myth side of LMCE more so in my living areas.
Just to confirm, when you boot to the kde desktop and open myth front-end from there does Myth TV work for you? Most of the time it does for me. I just want to see if we are both having all of the same symptoms.
-Dustin
It works better. The first time I start myth from kde I´m asked about permissions. After that it is working a lot better than under lmce.
/niz23
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Users / Re: Myth TV still locking up after 710 upgrade
« on: January 24, 2008, 10:41:22 pm »
fearingsept.
Have pretty much the same issue as you do.
The only difference is that I´m using DVB-T (nova-t 500) instead.
0704 was pretty much useless from a myth perspective.
Both front and backend crashed often.
In 0710 beta 3 the backend seem to be pretty stable now.
But the frontend is unusable. I have been told that the problem is most likely in myth-plugin.
I tend to agree with that since my mythbuntu machine never crash.
I have started a discussion with DanielK about how to diagnoze this behavior.
I´m as eager as you to solve this. Since without livetv functionality lmce, no matter how good the other parts may be will not be family compatible and thus not allowed for day-to-day use. At least in my family.
I encourage all people that have problem with myth to add up to this thread just to see how many of you do have problems.
One workaround that I have verified (got from another lmce iser) to work good (need a couple of more days to really say) is to use another machine with only myth-frontend. no lmce installed.
/niz23
Ok, so back in 704 I was told that my issue had something to do with how Myth interfaces with LMCE and that once 710 comes out everything should be cleared up. I updated last night and everything looked fine as far as my media is concerned. Went to try to watch tv... and once again myth locked up after a few seconds of tv. I ran through the setup wizard again to make sure there wasn't any changes made.
Is there something I am missing, perhaps I set up my Hauppauge 150 wrong?
this has been really frustrating. any ideas?
Have pretty much the same issue as you do.
The only difference is that I´m using DVB-T (nova-t 500) instead.
0704 was pretty much useless from a myth perspective.
Both front and backend crashed often.
In 0710 beta 3 the backend seem to be pretty stable now.
But the frontend is unusable. I have been told that the problem is most likely in myth-plugin.
I tend to agree with that since my mythbuntu machine never crash.
I have started a discussion with DanielK about how to diagnoze this behavior.
I´m as eager as you to solve this. Since without livetv functionality lmce, no matter how good the other parts may be will not be family compatible and thus not allowed for day-to-day use. At least in my family.
I encourage all people that have problem with myth to add up to this thread just to see how many of you do have problems.
One workaround that I have verified (got from another lmce iser) to work good (need a couple of more days to really say) is to use another machine with only myth-frontend. no lmce installed.
/niz23
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Installation issues / Re: 0710b3 VDR - DVB-T not working
« on: January 23, 2008, 02:12:36 pm »
RichardP.
Try hitting F6 that should do it.
Depending on what device you use to navigate UI2 klick on up or down arrow.
You´ll see the EPG if erything works. You may also change channel in this menu.
There are functions/buttons to record a show but since I have not tried them yet I cannot say if it works.
/niz23
Hi Andrew,
Yes, that turned out to be part of the problem. Once I stopped VDR, the card immediately became available and started working fully in Kaffeine and Myth.
The other problem was the way I was using scan. It needs as an input a list of frequencies to scan, as far as I was able to make out. I eventually figured out there are lists of frequencies available as samples with the dvb-utils package. I produced a channels.conf file with the command
"scan -o vdr /usr/share/doc/dvb-utils/examples/scan/au-Melbourne > au.dvb-t.melbourne.channels.conf"
That seemed to do the trick. After rebooting (because I'd done an apt-get upgrade in the meantime), VDR displayed live TV.
I can't seem to be able to get it do anything else. I read your post to someone else saying the VDR interface is a work in progress at the moment. I'm off to hunt down the post, as I recall you gave some instructions on bringing up the EPG.
Thanks for the help.
Best Regards,
Richard.
Try hitting F6 that should do it.
Depending on what device you use to navigate UI2 klick on up or down arrow.
You´ll see the EPG if erything works. You may also change channel in this menu.
There are functions/buttons to record a show but since I have not tried them yet I cannot say if it works.
/niz23
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Users / Re: Correct way to delete Tv shows?
« on: January 22, 2008, 09:16:42 pm »Has nobody tried to delete a TV show?
Chris
Chris.
I have.
Same problem.
There is a Mantis bug about this which I filed.
Was something like,
When I delete tv recoring in UI2 it´s not deleted in Myth.
The bug is assigned and will probabably be fixed in the 0710 release, I hope.
/niz23
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Developers / Re: How to compile vdr in lmce beta3?
« on: January 22, 2008, 07:16:42 pm »
burgiman.
Yep. I want to recompile the whole vdr.
The reason is because of a plugin that need to patch som a small amount of stream decoding stuff inside vdr 1.4.7 in order to work.
I won´t mention which plugin since I don´t know were this forum stands in this kind of question that is brought up with the type of functionality this plugin add.
Any change to get hold of the vdr source you are working with to see if the patch apply cleanly?
Or perhaps just add the small patch?
I´ll contact you with a private message.
/niz23
if you just want to compile plugins you can do that in the usual way.
But if you want to recompile vdr itself you will have to wait for the real release, cause there are no diffs in the testing stage there.
We changed too much inside vdrsources for beta and testing and will prepare the svn / lmcevdr-changes AFTER the stable 0710 release.
burgiman
Yep. I want to recompile the whole vdr.
The reason is because of a plugin that need to patch som a small amount of stream decoding stuff inside vdr 1.4.7 in order to work.
I won´t mention which plugin since I don´t know were this forum stands in this kind of question that is brought up with the type of functionality this plugin add.
Any change to get hold of the vdr source you are working with to see if the patch apply cleanly?
Or perhaps just add the small patch?
I´ll contact you with a private message.
/niz23
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Developers / How to compile vdr in lmce beta3?
« on: January 22, 2008, 11:41:20 am »
Hi all.
I´m trying to add some vdr modules that need to recompile vdr.
How can I do that?
Is it possible to do it without downloading and compiling the whole of LMCE?
/niz23
I´m trying to add some vdr modules that need to recompile vdr.
How can I do that?
Is it possible to do it without downloading and compiling the whole of LMCE?
/niz23
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Feature requests & roadmap / Re: home automation with the new release
« on: January 16, 2008, 11:55:44 am »
mariopapas.
I´m one of the guys that is thinking of using plcbus.It seem to fix well here in sweden. Do you have any product catalog with available upb products for 220V/50hz?
Is there a protocol specification available?
Since there are not much people here that use upb, especially in 220V countries I think the easist way to get this supported in lmce is the sponsor a devel kit som someone that are willing to start the task of writing a upb driver/integration.
Probably the same ruby solution used for Insteon and plcbus can be used.
/niz23
We have developed UPB (240V Version) for Australian and EU markets - UPB is a power Line Control system - way ahead of anything X10 .... porting this to MCE would be a winner if anyone is interested.
I´m one of the guys that is thinking of using plcbus.It seem to fix well here in sweden. Do you have any product catalog with available upb products for 220V/50hz?
Is there a protocol specification available?
Since there are not much people here that use upb, especially in 220V countries I think the easist way to get this supported in lmce is the sponsor a devel kit som someone that are willing to start the task of writing a upb driver/integration.
Probably the same ruby solution used for Insteon and plcbus can be used.
/niz23
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Developers / Re: How to display messages on MD's
« on: January 15, 2008, 06:34:45 pm »
bulek.
Perhaps below command is what you refer to?
Since my 0710 beta2 does not work anymore I haven´t tried it myself.
I wait for beta3 which seem to be available very soon now (see wiki recent changes).
http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/DCE_from_commandline
/usr/pluto/bin/MessageSend localhost 0 64 1 741 10 "Whatever" 159 53 9 'A message|Ok|Remind me later' 137 '-targetType device <%=!%> 15 1 67 13 "/root/Something.sh" 51 "--answer yes"|-targetType device <%=!%> 15 1 67 13 "/root/Something.sh" 51 "--answer no"'
/niz23
Hi,
I'm also interested about possibility to show overlayed screens on Orbiters, where user can choose between two or more buttons (for instance when some device is autodetected and then you press if you want to use it etc...). I remember reading about it somewhere (each button sends declared DCE message), but don't know where I could find that info...
AFAIK, alerts are those small windows on Orbiters, that show every now and then when LMCE is doing something , right ?
regards,
Bulek.
Perhaps below command is what you refer to?
Since my 0710 beta2 does not work anymore I haven´t tried it myself.
I wait for beta3 which seem to be available very soon now (see wiki recent changes).
http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/DCE_from_commandline
/usr/pluto/bin/MessageSend localhost 0 64 1 741 10 "Whatever" 159 53 9 'A message|Ok|Remind me later' 137 '-targetType device <%=!%> 15 1 67 13 "/root/Something.sh" 51 "--answer yes"|-targetType device <%=!%> 15 1 67 13 "/root/Something.sh" 51 "--answer no"'
/niz23
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Users / Re: 1" and or 2.2" Low Power Stations
« on: January 15, 2008, 01:43:17 pm »
nite_man.
It´s pretty much the same hardware and has the same limitations as Fiire 1" since it use Unichome Pro II graphics.
/niz23
Does somebody try VM7700 - http://tinyurl.com/yq3j99? It looks similar to 1" FiireStation but according to its specification it support MPEG4. But I'm not sure about UI2.
It´s pretty much the same hardware and has the same limitations as Fiire 1" since it use Unichome Pro II graphics.
/niz23
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Users / Re: This MB as a very low power MD
« on: January 13, 2008, 06:43:01 pm »
1audio,
I know.
Look at www.mini-itx.com there are plenty of mini-itg based MBs. You probaly know already.
The main reason look at the one I proposed is it´s price.
Do you know if the latest Intel graphic drivers support UI2 with alpha blending?
A card with intel chipset probably also have integrated 5.1 sound too, which is a benfit if it work ok.
Maybe this one, http://www.mini-box.com/Elite-PMI8M-w-Pentium-M-1-6G?sc=8&category=100
It have 6 channel audio, gbit lan etc.
Unfortunately it cost 4 times the card I mentioned.
Do you know of any other Intel based card that is cheap but support UI2 with alpha blending?
/niz23
The drive looks to have not been updated for a long time. And its doesn't seem to support transparency. its worth a try but only if the hardware is in hand. Intel has low power solutions that work on the G965 chipsets and those are becoming more Linux friendly and available in the mini itx form factor.
I know.
Look at www.mini-itx.com there are plenty of mini-itg based MBs. You probaly know already.
The main reason look at the one I proposed is it´s price.
Do you know if the latest Intel graphic drivers support UI2 with alpha blending?
A card with intel chipset probably also have integrated 5.1 sound too, which is a benfit if it work ok.
Maybe this one, http://www.mini-box.com/Elite-PMI8M-w-Pentium-M-1-6G?sc=8&category=100
It have 6 channel audio, gbit lan etc.
Unfortunately it cost 4 times the card I mentioned.
Do you know of any other Intel based card that is cheap but support UI2 with alpha blending?
/niz23
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Users / This MB as a very low power MD
« on: January 13, 2008, 04:38:47 pm »
Hi.
Found this Intel/SiS based mini-itx motherboard, D201GLY.
See, http://www.mini-box.com/s.nl/sc.8/category.100/.f
According to this benchmark it seem to perform pretty well, even in multimedia applications at a very low power consumption (around 20W without a HD), It´s performance is a lot better than Via based platforms and it´s price is very low, at less than $70 including a celeron CPU. For mor information about performance see this, http://www.imedialinux.com/intel-d201gly-power-consumption-and-performance.html
Since I do not have a motherboard with sis integrated graphics I cannot verify how well this chipset will perform as a LMCE MD.
Anyone tried running an MD with sis graphics?
Since this graphics chip display media in an overlay window it should in theory allow us to run at least UI2 without alpha blending.
I believe (if this chipset perforam well enough) we can build a fanless MD for less than $250 including enclosure, soundcard, picoPSU, AC-adapter.
For more information about the SiS driver look at the link below,
http://www.winischhofer.eu/linuxsispart1.shtml
/niz23
Found this Intel/SiS based mini-itx motherboard, D201GLY.
See, http://www.mini-box.com/s.nl/sc.8/category.100/.f
According to this benchmark it seem to perform pretty well, even in multimedia applications at a very low power consumption (around 20W without a HD), It´s performance is a lot better than Via based platforms and it´s price is very low, at less than $70 including a celeron CPU. For mor information about performance see this, http://www.imedialinux.com/intel-d201gly-power-consumption-and-performance.html
Since I do not have a motherboard with sis integrated graphics I cannot verify how well this chipset will perform as a LMCE MD.
Anyone tried running an MD with sis graphics?
Since this graphics chip display media in an overlay window it should in theory allow us to run at least UI2 without alpha blending.
I believe (if this chipset perforam well enough) we can build a fanless MD for less than $250 including enclosure, soundcard, picoPSU, AC-adapter.
For more information about the SiS driver look at the link below,
http://www.winischhofer.eu/linuxsispart1.shtml
/niz23
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Compatible Products & Services / Re: Planning ahead...
« on: January 08, 2008, 01:48:03 pm »
Hi.
I have some experience about this.
In sweden the main system is based around DVB-T (we have no analog TV anymore) with about 4-5 million subscribers.
We must pay according to our law to be able to access freeview (only 3 channels an 4 radio channels) the rest have to be payed for using a subscription scheme.
On the other hand there is DVB-S, tv1000 & canal digital that can be used also.
I use DVB-T with one original card put into my Dreambox (a german linux based reciever for DVB-T/S/C).
The main features of this reciever is that it decode pay channels, can record to a CIFS/NFS share, local harddrive etc.
The main advantage this box have is that it is possible to share the smartcard to other recievers or linux/win based machines over tcp/ip.
My solution is built around LMCE and sasc-ng. Sasc-ng can connect to my dreambox using newcamd and then decode DVT-T streams.
Sasc-ng create a virtual tuner that VDR or MythTV is configured to use.
This mean that myth or vdr does not know anything about the encrypted channels(they see channels as unencrypted) and do not need any special patching and so on to work.
At the moment I cannot get mythtv to work stable in LMCE. Probably because the of remote command solution (commands sent through sockets) implemented in LMCE to control mythtv. My hope is for VDR at the moment.
/niz23
from everything I'm reading the only way to interface the pci tuners is to have them emulate the id/cam/smartcard of the valid receiver you have and supposedly this is quazi-legal due to it being non-authorized hardware. Since you seem to have experience how stable is the video from this?
Honestly I'm a total newb when it comes to satellite television and it's inclusion in a htpc system...so to me there is a steep learning curve. You mind pm'ing me your email so I can chat with you off-forum?
I have some experience about this.
In sweden the main system is based around DVB-T (we have no analog TV anymore) with about 4-5 million subscribers.
We must pay according to our law to be able to access freeview (only 3 channels an 4 radio channels) the rest have to be payed for using a subscription scheme.
On the other hand there is DVB-S, tv1000 & canal digital that can be used also.
I use DVB-T with one original card put into my Dreambox (a german linux based reciever for DVB-T/S/C).
The main features of this reciever is that it decode pay channels, can record to a CIFS/NFS share, local harddrive etc.
The main advantage this box have is that it is possible to share the smartcard to other recievers or linux/win based machines over tcp/ip.
My solution is built around LMCE and sasc-ng. Sasc-ng can connect to my dreambox using newcamd and then decode DVT-T streams.
Sasc-ng create a virtual tuner that VDR or MythTV is configured to use.
This mean that myth or vdr does not know anything about the encrypted channels(they see channels as unencrypted) and do not need any special patching and so on to work.
At the moment I cannot get mythtv to work stable in LMCE. Probably because the of remote command solution (commands sent through sockets) implemented in LMCE to control mythtv. My hope is for VDR at the moment.
/niz23
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Users / Re: Home automation in Europe?
« on: January 08, 2008, 01:32:13 pm »
Hi guys!
Hi though I share this with the rest of you.
A couple of days ago I was on my way to order plcbus products when I saw this note about Insteon products beeing available in europe soon.
See, http://smart-home-blog.com/archives/893
I have asked Insteon about what timeframe these products will be released in.
when I get a response back I´ll post it here.
From my personal perspective it seem that Insteon is fare more mature than plcbus. Insteon also feature a lot more bandwith(2kbit-13kbit/s) which make it suitable to do measuring, displays, keypads etc. Plcbus I believe have to low bandwitdth for this purpose (200bit/s) and onle seem to be supported by few companies.
/niz23
Hi though I share this with the rest of you.
A couple of days ago I was on my way to order plcbus products when I saw this note about Insteon products beeing available in europe soon.
See, http://smart-home-blog.com/archives/893
I have asked Insteon about what timeframe these products will be released in.
when I get a response back I´ll post it here.
From my personal perspective it seem that Insteon is fare more mature than plcbus. Insteon also feature a lot more bandwith(2kbit-13kbit/s) which make it suitable to do measuring, displays, keypads etc. Plcbus I believe have to low bandwitdth for this purpose (200bit/s) and onle seem to be supported by few companies.
/niz23
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Developers / Re: Starting the Ruby code for PLCBUS
« on: January 04, 2008, 07:12:20 pm »
hari,
I don´t understand. What´s the difference between one or three phases (use of a 3-phase module) What I want is that when I puch the button on a light switch the switch should send status message back to usb<->plcbus controller. I don´t see what that have to do with one ore three phases.
Using a scene controller is another workaround but it introduce the need for a micro module to build in somewhere since the scene controll is unable to direclty control a lod (like a lamp for example).
See http://www.x10-hk.com/store/manual/plcbus/plcbus-4206.pdf
I have to admit that I need to read up some more on plcbus. Maybe the answer to this question is obvious.
/niz23
i saw some quote on the homeseer forums: that won't happen soon as there is no easy way to distinguish between one and three phases. Another workaround ist to use scene controllers for every switch, so you get every message as no switches are controlled locally.
best regards,
Hari
I don´t understand. What´s the difference between one or three phases (use of a 3-phase module) What I want is that when I puch the button on a light switch the switch should send status message back to usb<->plcbus controller. I don´t see what that have to do with one ore three phases.
Using a scene controller is another workaround but it introduce the need for a micro module to build in somewhere since the scene controll is unable to direclty control a lod (like a lamp for example).
See http://www.x10-hk.com/store/manual/plcbus/plcbus-4206.pdf
I have to admit that I need to read up some more on plcbus. Maybe the answer to this question is obvious.
/niz23