I can WatchTV, or WatchRecordings without issue. There is a slight delay when changing channels, and for 1-2seconds while there is the on-screen guide, picture 'studders'. Setup can be tweaked to help this a bit, by reducing the resolution of the Guides OSD, and a few other things.
HP Pavillion 6736: Adjusted RAM, HDD (80GB), added PVR-250 and PCI MX440. Using onboard audio. Outputting S-video to a TV.
Fresh install of R5A16 (tv<ENTER> and knoppix prompt)
Using Harmony H659 Remote, programmed automatically with PVR250 (more on that later)
During first mythtv-setup, I CTRL-ALT-F1 and installed the 71.74 nvidia drivers
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install-nv<tab>7<tab><enter>
It restarted the mythtv-setup, and i configured:
- PVR-250 (Tuner0)
- Zap2It (us-cable --may differ)
- Tuner0 (Zap2It)
<ESC> and finished the setup.
Once the frontend started, I exited and opened up Xterm. Login as super user (su).
Needed to get LIRC auto-started, so typed:
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/usr/sbin/update-rc.d lircd defaults
Needed to edit my ivtv because Tuner0 is displaying Static only
Code:
/etc/mythtv/modules/ivtv
Add the line: options ivtv tiner=39
Next was to get rid of the damn blue line issue:
Credit: Xsecrets http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5826&highlight=xvattrCode:
cd /usr/bin/
create a file called colorkey that includes these 2 lines:
#!/bin/sh
xvattr -a XV_COLORKEY -v 0
then type: chmod 775 colorkey
edit /home/mythtv/.fluxbox/apps
and add a line to make it look like this:
[startup] {colorkey}
[startup] {KnoppMyth-run}
Okay, last step, The TV-OUT.
Code:
cd /etc/X11/
cp XFConfig-4 XFConfig-4.old
mv XFConfig-4.nvidia<TAB><ENTER> XFConfig-4
Time to RESTARTNeed to fix MythWeb URLsTo use vi, press 'i' to switch to INSERT mode, 'esc' to get out of insert mode, 'del' to remove text, 'dd' to remove a line, and ':wq' to save/exitCode:
1.) vi /etc/mythtv/mythweb-settings.php
Find the following line:
define('video_url', video_dir);
change it to:
define('video_url', video_url);
2.) rm /var/www/mythweb/video_dir
3.) rm /var/www/mythweb/video_url
4.) ln -s /myth/video /var/www/mythweb/video_dir
5.) ln -s /myth/tv /var/www/mythweb/video_url
6.) vi /var/www/mythweb/video.php
Change
$this->url = video_url;
to
$this->url = video_dir;
**Mplayer codecs
optional**
Credit: GrayskyCode:
Login as mythtv/mythtv and type: su and enter root password
Download the following files from http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/dload.html
**You can use the command:$ wget <URL to File>
//Get the current version of these files//
essential-20050412.tar.bz2
MPlayer-1.0pre7.tar.bz2
font-arial-iso-8859-1.tar.bz2
download the latest xvid codec from http://www.xvid.org/downloads.html
(xvidcore-1.1.0-beta2.tar.bz2 at the moment)
# mkdir /usr/local/lib/codecs
$ tar -xjf each of the bz2 files. This will create folders for each file.
Copy the contents of essential-20050412 to the codecs dir you just made
$ cd ess<TAB><ENTER>
# cp * /usr/local/lib/codecs
copy the font of your choice to /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/
$ cd font<TAB><ENTER>
$ cd into the font of your choice (I used 18) folder
# cp * /usr/local/share/mplayer/font
Now for the install.. this can take a while (the MAKE step)
$ cd xvidcore/build/generic
$ ./configure
$ make
# make install
$ cd Mplayer dir
$ ./configure
$ make
# make install
- - - - -
Now it is time for the Harmony. Log into the online configuration after the remote is plugged in.
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Add a DEVICE > PVR > Hauppauge > PVR-250
Add an ACTIVITY > Watch TV > PVR > and follow the prompts.
So we're almost done... now Customize the Buttons for the Watch PVR activity. The basics all work (up/down/left/right, play/stop/pause/ff/rew, select, number keys).
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We need to add a few extras. Set the Information button to GREEN, EXIT to Back/Exit, Enter to GO, and I put +* as RED (which is your DELETE key).
Also, for your sanity, Device > More Options > Adjust the Delays > and lower your Inter-key Delay to 200ms.
Ok, time to upload to your Harmony Remote the new settings. That's it!