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Two MythTV systems on the same LAN
I have an aging MythTV frontend and separate backend that I need to upgrade. The plan of attack is to create a new system, get it running smoothly and work out a migration strategy. Then once the new system is working correctly switch over from old servers to new. All well and good except I… read more…
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MythTV with HDHomeRuns on VLAN
My kit for this exercise is: SonicWall: TZ 215, (SonicOS Enhanced 5.9.1.10-1o) SonicWall setup This section creates the SonicWall stuff that takes the VLAN from the VMware ESX host and connects it to a SonicWall interface port. To keep everything simple because we are using the SonicWall interface “X2” we will call the zones “HDHomeRunX2”… read more…
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Fedora, Linux, IR Remotes, LiRC and MythTV
This post is mostly focused around getting a Microsoft MCE, Media Centre Edition, infra-red remote working with a MythTV frontend. However I will be covering as much as I can about about generic issues. My setup has Fedora 16 running with a hard drive install of Fedora LiveCD and I did this work in May… read more…
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MythTV, EPG, Terrestrial and HDHomeRun
Recently we switched our MythTV system from using satellite to terrestrial reception using the HDHomeRun by SiliconDust. Unfortunately what had been a perfectly working EPG under satellite turned into a one day wonder under terrestrial – I could only see one days listing. I should point out that we live in New Zealand and the… read more…
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Cron job to check and if needed restart MythBackend
I am running MythTV 0.25 on Fedora 16. The problem I have is that sometimes the backend stops responding for reasons I have not figured out. Until I resolve the problem I want a mechanism that will restart the backend when it stops responding. The solution I took was to create shell script that would… read more…
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HP Compaq dc7700 Small Form Factor
Summary The HP small form factor PC is a good choice for a fairly quiet media front end. I was able to put a fanless NVidia video card in it and its been pretty good. Ports/Slots PS2 Mouse and keyboard USB 8 SVGA Yes Modem None Ethernet 1 x Serial 1 x Parallel 1 x… read more…
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Can’t delete a recording
Overview I have had a number of recordings that I just can’t delete. Some were when I was experimenting with MythArchive and others were just standard deletes. In my case I try to delete and it seems to work but then the recording keeps showing up. When I click on the download though I get… read more…
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Miscellaneous MythTV bits of info
This article contains various sundry pieces of info for MythTV setups etc. Typically useful pieces of info that may not logically fit anywhere else and you don’t want to create a post just to list a tiny piece of info. Directories Theme root directory This is the root directory where you would put any custom… read more…
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BFrames – what are they
Resource Video compression picture types (Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_frames Description There are three types of pictures (or frames) used in video compression: I‑frames, P‑frames, and B‑frames. An I‑frame is an ‘Intra-coded picture’, in effect a fully-specified picture, like a conventional static image file. P‑frames and B‑frames hold only part of the image information, so they need less… read more…
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