[gentoo-user] OT - More Mythtv problems

[gentoo-user] OT - More Mythtv problems

[Michael Sullivan]

OK.  I'm using mythtv-0.19_p9163-r1.  I have a few questions:

First of all, it takes a really long time to register any kind of
database action (around five seconds), so if I say to record a program,
or to not record a program that is set to record, it takes a really long
time for it to register.  Is there any way I could speed it up?

Secondly, I have no sound in MythTV - at least when watching LiveTV.  Is
there something else I have to set up?  I have perfect sound in xmms.  I
use alsa.  How can I get sound in Myth?

Thirdly, what happened to the buffering aspect when watching LiveTV?  I
don't want LiveTV I watch to stick around forever taking up space, and I
don't want to have to delete the programs I watch in LiveTV manually
inside the interface, or outside in the shell.  Is there a way I can get
the old behaviour back?

Fourthly, when I'm looking at a listing, I'd like to see the callsign
(ABC, FOX, Disney, etc, etc) instead of the channel number.  Is this
possible?

Thanks for your help!  
-Michael Sullivan-

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[gentoo-user] Re: OT - More Mythtv problems

[Michael Sullivan]

On Sun, 2006-06-18 at 18:10 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> OK.  I'm using mythtv-0.19_p9163-r1.  I have a few questions:
> 
> First of all, it takes a really long time to register any kind of
> database action (around five seconds), so if I say to record a program,
> or to not record a program that is set to record, it takes a really long
> time for it to register.  Is there any way I could speed it up?
> 
> Secondly, I have no sound in MythTV - at least when watching LiveTV.  Is
> there something else I have to set up?  I have perfect sound in xmms.  I
> use alsa.  How can I get sound in Myth?

OK.  I fixed the sound problem.  I just had to kill esd...
> 
> Thirdly, what happened to the buffering aspect when watching LiveTV?  I
> don't want LiveTV I watch to stick around forever taking up space, and I
> don't want to have to delete the programs I watch in LiveTV manually
> inside the interface, or outside in the shell.  Is there a way I can get
> the old behaviour back?
> 
> Fourthly, when I'm looking at a listing, I'd like to see the callsign
> (ABC, FOX, Disney, etc, etc) instead of the channel number.  Is this
> possible?
> 
> Thanks for your help!  
> -Michael Sullivan-

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - More Mythtv problems

[William Kenworthy]

It can take awhile, especially on low powered hardware.  However, check
what settings you are using in myth to point at the database server.
Check DNS operation (often a prime suspect when delays in network ops
are seen), use IP instead of hostname, and is a local DB, try localhost
and 127.0.0.1 and see if either helps.

BillK

On Sun, 2006-06-18 at 18:51 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-06-18 at 18:10 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> > OK.  I'm using mythtv-0.19_p9163-r1.  I have a few questions:
> > 
> > First of all, it takes a really long time to register any kind of
> > database action (around five seconds), so if I say to record a program,
> > or to not record a program that is set to record, it takes a really long
> > time for it to register.  Is there any way I could speed it up?
> > 
> >
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - More Mythtv problems

[Michael Sullivan]

On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 09:54 +0800, William Kenworthy wrote:
> It can take awhile, especially on low powered hardware.  However, check
> what settings you are using in myth to point at the database server.
> Check DNS operation (often a prime suspect when delays in network ops
> are seen), use IP instead of hostname, and is a local DB, try localhost
> and 127.0.0.1 and see if either helps.
> 
> BillK
> 

I understand that it might be slower on slower hardware, but I'm saying
that it's much slower today that it was four days ago before I had to
reformat.  It's set to localhost already with a local db...

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Re: [gentoo-user] OT - More Mythtv problems

[Nick Rout]

On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 18:09:59 -0500
Michael Sullivan wrote:

> Thirdly, what happened to the buffering aspect when watching LiveTV?  I
> don't want LiveTV I watch to stick around forever taking up space, and I
> don't want to have to delete the programs I watch in LiveTV manually
> inside the interface, or outside in the shell.  Is there a way I can get
> the old behaviour back?

0.19 completely changed live tv handling. I suggest you look at the
mythtv-users mailing list archives, or join that list. The archives are
here: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/ (Warning, it
IS a higher volume list than even gentoo-user)

The live tv recordings are set to be deleted fairly soon after the
event, their deletion priority is pretty high. I cannot remember the
details now.


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