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Installation issues / Location of extensions.conf of Asterisk in LinuxMce

« on: June 24, 2008, 02:45:44 am »

Hi,

I am trying to modify extensions.conf so that I can manually configure Asterisk. Please advise where asterisk files are located.

Thanks.

2

Users / location of Mythtv directory in Linux MCE??

« on: June 20, 2008, 07:13:20 am »

What's the location of Mythtv directory.  I am trying to locate settings.pro

According to this site: http://www.mmalson.com/mythtv/
-----------------
Configuring the sound card
For some reason, MythTV does not default to using the ALSA sound system. So, I had to edit the settings.pro file in the mythtv directory to uncomment the following lines:
   CONFIG += using_alsa
   ALSA_LIBS = -lasound
---------------
This may solve my problem of not having sound in MythTV Live TV.

or this is really true
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=636118

Thanks.

3

Users / MythTV - Live TV is fuzzy (with horizontal lines) and NO sound

« on: June 19, 2008, 07:47:14 pm »

After doing a lengthy troubleshooting for my TV tuner to be recognized by LinuxMce/MythTV

http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=5545.0

the problem that I am currently encountering are the following:
1. Live TV is fuzzy - but still can see the show.  (To isolate the problem, since I am thinking it might be my cable provider's issue, I booted my system using Windows Vista MCE - that is same hardware, and Live TV in Vista is very very clear). Thus, I am still having problem with the driver.

Is there any other setup I need to do? I did some change in MythTVbackend and Mythtvfrontend.

2. I have no sound on Live TV...Other features of Linux MCE like watching DVD, music do have sound.

I already followed some of the instructions from these sites:
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Configuring_Digital_Sound
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Configuring_Digital_Sound_with_AC3_and_SPDIF

Since I am using Digital Coax/SPDIF for my sound system (solved this problem based on this http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=5539.0)

Any help or idea? Thanks.

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Users / CX23880 Analogue TV Tuner, cannot be recognized by MythTV/LinuxMCE?

« on: June 19, 2008, 05:58:24 am »

Hi,

Kword TV Tuner has been installed and looks like it has been autodetected. However, MythTV cannot recognize it.

Is there any driver I still need to load?  Appreciate the assistance

Below are some of the details:
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linuxmce@dcerouter:~$ lspci | grep -i cx
03:05.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder (rev 05)
03:05.1 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [Audio Port] (rev 05)
03:05.2 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [MPEG Port] (rev 05)

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linuxmce@dcerouter:~$ dmesg | grep -i cx | more
[   36.991103] cx2388x v4l2 driver version 0.0.6 loaded
[   37.042921] cx2388x cx88-mpeg Driver Manager version 0.0.6 loaded
[   37.323300] cx88_alsa: disagrees about version of symbol snd_ctl_add
[   37.323304] cx88_alsa: Unknown symbol snd_ctl_add
[   37.323332] cx88_alsa: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_new
[   37.323334] cx88_alsa: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_new
[   37.323404] cx88_alsa: disagrees about version of symbol snd_card_register
[   37.323406] cx88_alsa: Unknown symbol snd_card_register
[   37.323444] cx88_alsa: disagrees about version of symbol snd_card_free
[   37.323446] cx88_alsa: Unknown symbol snd_card_free
[   37.323629] cx88_alsa: disagrees about version of symbol snd_ctl_new1
[   37.323631] cx88_alsa: Unknown symbol snd_ctl_new1
[   37.323673] cx88_alsa: disagrees about version of symbol snd_card_new
[   37.323675] cx88_alsa: Unknown symbol snd_card_new
[   37.323707] cx88_alsa: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_lib_ioctl
[   37.323709] cx88_alsa: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_ioctl
[   37.323772] cx88_alsa: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_set_ops
[   37.323774] cx88_alsa: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_set_ops
[   37.323902] cx88_alsa: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_hw_constraint_integer
[   37.323904] cx88_alsa: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_constraint_integer
[   37.324050] cx88_alsa: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_period_elapsed
[   37.324052] cx88_alsa: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_period_elapsed
[   37.811263] cx88[0]: Your board isn't known (yet) to the driver.  You can
[   37.811266] cx88[0]: try to pick one of the existing card configs via
[   37.811269] cx88[0]: card=<n> insmod option.  Updating to the latest
[   37.811272] cx88[0]: version might help as well.
[   37.811276] cx88[0]: Here is a list of valid choices for the card=<n> insmod option:
[   37.811282] cx88[0]:    card=0 -> UNKNOWN/GENERIC
[   37.811285] cx88[0]:    card=1 -> Hauppauge WinTV 34xxx models
[   37.811289] cx88[0]:    card=2 -> GDI Black Gold
[   37.811292] cx88[0]:    card=3 -> PixelView
[   37.811295] cx88[0]:    card=4 -> ATI TV Wonder Pro
[   37.811299] cx88[0]:    card=5 -> Leadtek Winfast 2000XP Expert
[   37.811303] cx88[0]:    card=6 -> AverTV Studio 303 (M126)
[   37.811307] cx88[0]:    card=7 -> MSI TV-@nywhere Master
[   37.811310] cx88[0]:    card=8 -> Leadtek Winfast DV2000
[   37.811314] cx88[0]:    card=9 -> Leadtek PVR 2000
[   37.811317] cx88[0]:    card=10 -> IODATA GV-VCP3/PCI
[   37.811321] cx88[0]:    card=11 -> Prolink PlayTV PVR
[   37.811324] cx88[0]:    card=12 -> ASUS PVR-416
[   37.811328] cx88[0]:    card=13 -> MSI TV-@nywhere
[   37.811332] cx88[0]:    card=14 -> KWorld/VStream XPert DVB-T
[   37.811336] cx88[0]:    card=15 -> DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T1
[   37.811340] cx88[0]:    card=16 -> KWorld LTV883RF
[   37.811343] cx88[0]:    card=17 -> DViCO FusionHDTV 3 Gold-Q
[   37.811347] cx88[0]:    card=18 -> Hauppauge Nova-T DVB-T
[   37.811351] cx88[0]:    card=19 -> Conexant DVB-T reference design
[   37.811354] cx88[0]:    card=20 -> Provideo PV259
[   37.811358] cx88[0]:    card=21 -> DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Plus
[   37.811362] cx88[0]:    card=22 -> pcHDTV HD3000 HDTV
[   37.811366] cx88[0]:    card=23 -> digitalnow DNTV Live! DVB-T
[   37.811370] cx88[0]:    card=24 -> Hauppauge WinTV 28xxx (Roslyn) models
[   37.811374] cx88[0]:    card=25 -> Digital-Logic MICROSPACE Entertainment Center (MEC)
[   37.811379] cx88[0]:    card=26 -> IODATA GV/BCTV7E
[   37.811382] cx88[0]:    card=27 -> PixelView PlayTV Ultra Pro (Stereo)
[   37.811387] cx88[0]:    card=28 -> DViCO FusionHDTV 3 Gold-T
[   37.811391] cx88[0]:    card=29 -> ADS Tech Instant TV DVB-T PCI
[   37.811396] cx88[0]:    card=30 -> TerraTec Cinergy 1400 DVB-T
[   37.811400] cx88[0]:    card=31 -> DViCO FusionHDTV 5 Gold
[   37.811404] cx88[0]:    card=32 -> AverMedia UltraTV Media Center PCI 550
[   37.811409] cx88[0]:    card=33 -> Kworld V-Stream Xpert DVD
[   37.811413] cx88[0]:    card=34 -> ATI HDTV Wonder
[   37.811416] cx88[0]:    card=35 -> WinFast DTV1000-T
[   37.811419] cx88[0]:    card=36 -> AVerTV 303 (M126)
[   37.811423] cx88[0]:    card=37 -> Hauppauge Nova-S-Plus DVB-S
[   37.811426] cx88[0]:    card=38 -> Hauppauge Nova-SE2 DVB-S
[   37.811430] cx88[0]:    card=39 -> KWorld DVB-S 100
[   37.811434] cx88[0]:    card=40 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1100 DVB-T/Hybrid
[   37.811438] cx88[0]:    card=41 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1100 DVB-T/Hybrid (Low Profile)
[   37.811443] cx88[0]:    card=42 -> digitalnow DNTV Live! DVB-T Pro
[   37.811447] cx88[0]:    card=43 -> KWorld/VStream XPert DVB-T with cx22702
[   37.811451] cx88[0]:    card=44 -> DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Dual Digital
[   37.811455] cx88[0]:    card=45 -> KWorld HardwareMpegTV XPert
[   37.811447] cx88[0]:    card=43 -> KWorld/VStream XPert DVB-T with cx22702
[   37.811451] cx88[0]:    card=44 -> DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Dual Digital
[   37.811455] cx88[0]:    card=45 -> KWorld HardwareMpegTV XPert
[   37.811459] cx88[0]:    card=46 -> DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Hybrid
[   37.811463] cx88[0]:    card=47 -> pcHDTV HD5500 HDTV
[   37.811467] cx88[0]:    card=48 -> Kworld MCE 200 Deluxe
[   37.811470] cx88[0]:    card=49 -> PixelView PlayTV P7000
[   37.811474] cx88[0]:    card=50 -> NPG Tech Real TV FM Top 10
[   37.811478] cx88[0]:    card=51 -> WinFast DTV2000 H
[   37.811481] cx88[0]:    card=52 -> Geniatech DVB-S
[   37.811485] cx88[0]:    card=53 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR3000 TriMode Analog/DVB-S/DVB-T
[   37.811490] cx88[0]:    card=54 -> Norwood Micro TV Tuner
[   37.811494] cx88[0]:    card=55 -> Shenzhen Tungsten Ages Tech TE-DTV-250 / Swann OEM
[   37.811498] cx88[0]:    card=56 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1300 DVB-T/Hybrid MPEG Encoder
[   37.811504] CORE cx88[0]: subsystem: 17de:0842, board: UNKNOWN/GENERIC [card=0,autodetected]
[   37.954760] cx88[0]/0: found at 0000:03:05.0, rev: 5, irq: 22, latency: 64, mmio: 0xcc000000
[   37.974102] tuner 0-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (cx88[0])
[   37.976178] tuner 0-0060: chip found @ 0xc0 (cx88[0])
[   37.983904] cx88[0]/0: registered device video0 [v4l2]
[   37.983933] cx88[0]/0: registered device vbi0
[   37.984240] cx88[0]/2: cx2388x 8802 Driver Manager

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I have tried to use:

modprobe -v cx88xx card=48

(since my card is a Kworld MCE 200 Deluxe), but still I cant solve this problem.
Thanks.

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Users / Sound Card Not recognised or problem in installation

« on: June 18, 2008, 05:45:48 pm »

I have successfully installed linuxmce. However, I am having problem with sound. That is, no sound at all even at AV wizard.

I have checked my pcimodules and the following are installed:

intel-agp
shpchp
snd-hda-intel
shpchp
uhci-hcd
ehci-hcd
intel-rng
iTCO_wdt
ata_generic
ata_piix
ata_generic
ata_piix
i2c-i801
nvidiafb
nvidia_new
nvidia_legacy
nvidia
ohci1394
8139cp
8139too
prism54
p54pci
cx8800
cx88-alsa
cx8802

I tried to adjust volume also using "alsamixer" but still i cant have sound.

Appreciate your help.

Thanks.

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Users / Scanning DVB-C Channels?

« on: June 17, 2008, 03:54:26 pm »

Hello,

This wiki outlines how to scan channels for DVB-T and S, anyone can help on how to scan DVB-C Channels?

http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/VDR

Thanks.

Related topic is: http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=5366.0

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Users / Linux MCE and Squeezebox integration?

« on: June 15, 2008, 11:50:46 am »

Hi,

Currently, I have a squeezecenter running on CentOS and would like to migrate everything to Linux MCE.

In this wiki, it show that Squeezebox is plug and play:
http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Use_network_audio_players_for_a_whole-house_music_solution

1. Is it same to assume that squeezecenter has been integrated in Linux MCE?
2. Can Softsqueeze be loaded as well? Reason being is that I would like to just play the music using the speakers attached to the Core or Hybrid PC.

Thanks.

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Users / HP Proliant ML115 - is this powerful enough for a CORE?

« on: June 13, 2008, 08:15:48 am »

Hi,

Is the specs of HP powerful enough for a CORE with 4 MDs?
-----------------------------------------------------------
Processor(s)
Dual-Core AMD Opteron Processor Model 1214 (2.2 GHz) Option Kit
 
Cache Memory
512KB Level 2 cache
 
Memory
1 GB PC2-6400 0 ECC (DDR2-800 MHz) (1 x 1 GB)
 
Integrated NIC
Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5722 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe

Storage Controller
HP Embedded 4 Port SATA Controller with embedded RAID (0,1,5)
 
Hard Drive
160GB SATA HDD
 
Internal Storage
Maximum 2TB (4 x 500GB) SATA
 
Optical Drive
16x SATA DVD-ROM
 
Form Factor
Micro ATX Tower (4U)
------------------------------------------

I will add 1 more NIC and eventually, 4 more HD for Raid5.

Please advise if this is already a good powerful CORE.

Thanks.

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Users / Any experience on PLCBus with Linux MCE Automation

« on: June 11, 2008, 03:47:11 am »

Hi,

For those who have experienced using PLCBUS with MCE automation, appreciate if you can advise if its compatibility. Will there be any installation issue with MCE?

The reason I asked is that PLCBUS is not mentioned and the wiki and would like to ensure that there will be no problem, if I purchase the PLCBus devices.

http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Automation


Thanks a lot.

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Users / How to interface MCE 710 to existing Asterisk Installation

« on: June 02, 2008, 05:09:58 am »

Hi,

I have an existing Asterisk installation running on CentOS 4.6. Do you have any idea on how to interface the existing asterisk installation?

http://wiki.linuxmce.org/images/b/b6/Asterisk_diagram.png

It has also been mentioned in the wiki that:
-------------------------------------------------
I already know Asterisk

We use Ubuntu's package of asterisk with few addons and custom packaged AMP. If you already have your own Asterisk installation running, you should be able to run the LinuxMCE Asterisk DCE Device against it.

-------------------------------------------------
http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Asterisk

Fort those who have experienced integrating existing Asterisk installation, appreciate your advise.

Thanks.

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Users / Is ADSL fully supported in 710?

« on: June 02, 2008, 04:08:46 am »

Hi,

I have read in Wiki that ADSL is not fully supported yet in Linux MCE (with post date of Nov 2007). However, with the recent release of 710, is ADSL fully supported?

please see this: http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/How_to_setup_ADSL_access%3F

Thanks.

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Users / Multiple (ie 2-4) TV Tuners in 1 CORE

« on: May 31, 2008, 11:31:19 am »

Hi,

How many feeds can 1 TV tuner accommodate? I am currently a Vista MCE user and having only 1 TV tuner, obviously, will allow only 1 LIVE TV viewing OR 1 on-going recording.

Since I am planning to setup a CORE server to service 4 rooms, I am planning to install 4 TV Tuners in the CORE server. THis is to allow 4 rooms to watch simultaneous TV should my kids prefer it. Also, hopefully, this setup will allow that 1 media director can do the recording while others 3 Media directors can watch live TV.

Is this possible? or 1 TV Tuner in LinuxMCE be able to accommodate several channels, ie feeds, at the same time.

A question from a LinuxMCE noob.

Thanks.