Re: Mythtv Help

[LeeUKHA <mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I could have sworn that I've seen it in a menu somewhere, but I can't
find it now.
Mine appear in channel number order, I did an autoscan and then added
all the detail - what did you do?

Channel icons in the UK isn't automatic, but very easy add...

Login as root
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cd /usr/share/mythtv
wget http://brej.org/dvb/icons.tar.gz
tar -zxvf icons.tar.gz
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this creates the sub dir and populates them with the icons...
You may need to run mythtv-setup again to add any missing paths to the
icons to each channel...

Lee

PS. Many thanks to Charles Brej for collecting the icons together!

> Lee,
> I have spent this week getting a Knoppmyth backend working with an
> AverMedia DVB-T card. I'm mostly there, with most of the UK listings,
but
> the program guide for Freeview seems very messy.
>
> Do you know how to get the program guide to display in channel number
> order. It also looks like its showing the call sign not the channel
name,
> and no icons.
>
> Pete
>
>
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>
> On 23/07/2005 at 14:07 LeeUKHA wrote:
>
> >Well that shouldn't take long to build.. LOL...
> >
> >I've had lot's of problems with Myth, but 99% are due to my lack
of
> >Linux skills :) and the lack of well documented UK Freeview
> >installations...
> >On the plus side, I've learnt a hell of a lot about Debian (the
distro
> >that Knoppix/KnoppMyth are based on)...
> >And I have my set of notes, which are gradually making it into the
wiki
> >(knoppmythwiki.org).
> >
> >Reliability wise, it's crashed a couple of time in 2-3 months, but
each
> >time was just after something major had been installed/fixed/etc
and I
> >was actively fiddling with the box at the  time...
> >
> >During overnight recording and actually watching TV/recordings
it's
> >never crashed...
> >Some of this is likely to be helped by sticking to recommended
hardware
> >like Nforce2 mobos and Nvidia graphics cards...
> >
> >My biggest problem (which is nothing directly to do with Myth) was
> >getting my usb MS MCE remote control working. The LIRC driver says
its
> >supported, but there are only scraps of information about how to
get it
> >going... It took *days* of tinkering to recompile LIRC (which I
wasn't
> >that hot on) and setup stuff to link it into Myth... still, it all
works
> >like a charm now... :)
> >
> >If you want my notes I'll email them over... (lots of good stuff
like
> >turning on DVDs, manual disk ejecting, fixing themes, installing
UK
> >channel icons, sorting Apache/Samba/etc)
> >
> >I'm currently working on making Myth drop into suspend mode (so it
> >sleeps/saves elecy when nothings going on), but typically my mobo
isn't
> >supported... I feel a lot of hacking coming on... :]
> >
> >Lee.
> >
> >> Thanks Lee, will take a look at this.
> >>
> >> I will changing the channels using the transmitter like this
> >>
> >> http://losdos.dyndns.org:8080/public/mythtv-info/1-ir_transmitter.jpg
> >>
> >> how reliable do you find mythtv ? have you had any problems ?
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> >> Of LeeUKHA
> >> Sent: 23 July 2005 11:52
> >> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Mythtv Help
> >>
> >> I've been using MythTV/KnoppMyth on Freeview for a while...
Not exactly
> >> what you're after but it may help (if it's any consolation I
spent
> >> *days* trying to get this going)....
> >>
> >> I have internal DVB-T PCI cards, I just autotune those to
initially set
> >> up the mythconverg database.
> >> Then I downloaded a script/datafile from www.parker1.co.uk
> >> This loads further info into the database, mainly the web
address type
> >> links that connect that channel to the corresponding data
page on the
> >> Radio Times website. (it also loads the paths/names for the
channel
> >> icons)
> >>
> >> You will need to edit his xmltv.dat file and fill it with
NTLs channel
> >> line-up but it should give  you a clue...
> >>
> >> =========here are a snip of the notes I
> >> made=================================
> >> Have a look here -
> >> http://www.kswindells.34sp.com/freeview/show.php/channels
  - to
> see the
> >>
> >> Freeview channel list
> >>
> >> /mkdir /uk         /<---temp dir to tinker in...
> >> /cd /uk
> >> wget http://www.parker1.co.uk/mythtv/updatedvb
> >> wget http://www.parker1.co.uk/mythtv/xmltv.dat/
> >>
> >> /pico xmltv.dat  /        <--- add the channel/xmltv
mappings for your
> >> local BBC1/BBC2/ITV1 area
> >>
> >> /chmod 766 updatedvb
> >> ./updatedvb -r/
> >>
> >> to check that the table has been updated correctly --
> >> echo "select chanid,channum,callsign,xmltvid from
channel"  mysql -D
> >> mythconverg
> >>
> >> Now you need to create the /root/.xmltv/tv_grab_uk_rt.conf
file
> >> /
> >> echo "select xmltvid from channel"  mysql -D
mythconverg >
> >> /root/.xmltv/tv_grab_uk_rt.conf/
> >>
> >> /pico /root/.xmltv/tv_grab_uk_rt.conf/
> >>
> >> and insert the word "channel" in front of each of
the lines.
> >> save the file and exit
> >>
======================================================================
> >>
> >> You should now have the database and files in state that'll
work...
> >>
> >> /tv_grab_uk_rt --config-file /root/.xmltv/tv_grab_uk_rt.conf
>
> >> /tmp/rt.xml
> >> mythfilldatabase --quiet --no-delete --file 1 0 /tmp/rt.xml/
> >>
> >> should now download the info and fill the database...
> >> ================more
> >> notes=================================================
> >> Making the Mythfilldatabase & tv_grab automatically run
via cron
> >>
> >> In the MythTV uncheck the box to auto run Mythfilldatabase
> >>
> >> /pico /etc/cron.daily/mythtv-backend/      <--- and
comment out all the
> >> lines
> >> Create a new file
> >> /pico /etc/mythfill-1/
> >> containing these two lines -
> >> /#!/bin/sh
> >> su mythtv -c "tv_grab_uk_rt --config-file
> >> /root/.xmltv/tv_grab_uk_rt.conf > /tmp/rt.xml"/
> >> Create another new file
> >> /pico /etc/mythfill-2/
> >> containing these two lines -
> >> /#!/bin/sh
> >> su mythtv -c "mythfilldatabase --quiet --no-delete
--file 1 0
> >> /tmp/rt.xml"/
> >>
> >> then chmod the files to make them executable
> >> /chmod 755 /etc/mythfill-1
> >> chmod 755 /etc/mythfill-2/
> >>
> >> /pico /etc/crontab file/
> >> add these lines at the end
> >> /45 01   * * *   root    /etc/mythfill-1
> >> 59 01   * * *   root    /etc/mythfill-2/
> >>
> >> And reboot....
> >>
==============================================================
> >> It works for me...
> >>
> >> Have you sorted out how you'll get Myth to change channels on
your NTL
> >> box?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> > I have just setup mythtv to trial it using knopmyth
> >> >
> >> > I am struggling with programme listings. How do I make
this happen ?
> >> > I'm subscribed to ntl digital. Not getting much help on
google or
> >> mythtv
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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