Reset MythTV music database

August 22, 2008
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mysql -u mythtv -p mythconverg
delete from music_directories;delete from music_genres;delete from music_artists;delete from music_albums;delete from music_albumart;delete from music_songs;
and then reload all the music files by :Utilities/Setup – Music Tools (which then rescans the files)

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MythTV on Fedora 7, PVR-350 & Dual Screen

July 20, 2008

Aim : Use 1 computer for two tasks : a) Desktop for GF to use as a regular linux machine (web browsing, photos, etc)b) Completely independent MythTV set-up, with the output going to the TV.
Also, the set-up has to be turn-key, with both sessions logging in automatically (goodbye gdm).
There’s a lot going on for this [...]

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lirc_serial stopped working…

July 20, 2008

After upgrading to FC9, the previously working serial port channel-changer (bought from IRblaster.info) stopped working. None of the configuration had changed.
In addition to the serial port transmitter, there’s a receiver on the PVR350 card – handled by lirc_i2c
After much searching, an additional option came to light : softcarrier=1.
Here are the relevant parts of a [...]

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MythWeb with lighttpd for Fedora

April 22, 2008

Add a lighttpd configuration file in /etc/lighttpd/conf.d/lighttpd-myth.conf (where my machine hostname is ‘americas’ on the local network) :#! /bin/bash # Just for SciTE language hint
$HTTP["host"] == “myth.americas” { var.root=”/var/www/html/mythweb” server.document-root = var.root
url.rewrite [...]

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MythTV on Fedora 7, PVR-350 & Dual Screen : DONE

November 6, 2007

Email me for the gory details (for FC7) – but see a more up-to-date post for the same thing (much cleaner) in Fedora 9.

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LIRC for Generic Cable Box

November 2, 2007

Simple schematic for building serial interface :
http://fly.cc.fer.hr/~mozgic/UIR/http://www.lirc.org/receivers.html
On 9-pin Serial plug :Ground : Pin 5Data : Pin 1 (actually DCD)
Existing Hauppauge interface :http://www.irblaster.info/hauppauge_ir.html
2.5mm ConnectorTSOP 2238 IR ReceiverTip VCCRing SignalShield Ground
VSOP (or Everlight) IRM2238http://www.datasheetarchive.com/preview/1808114.htmlVCC=5V, 38KHz
USB Pinout :http://pinouts.ru/SerialPortsCables/usb_cable_pinout.shtmlPin 1 : VCC (+5V)Pin 2 : Data-Pin 3 : Data+Pin 4 : Ground
Even simpler circuit for IR [...]

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ivtv on Fedora with 2.6.22 kernel

August 21, 2007

Upgrade to 2.6.22 seems to break *everything* in the ivtv suite. It all disappeared from the rpms, so we need to install from source.

ivtv
ivtv-fb
ivtv-xdriver
ivtvfbctl (now gone)

In particular, some web posts indicate that support for the PVR-350 has been eliminated somehow. This doesn’t seem to be completely true – but maybe there’s a problem [...]

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MythTV on Fedora 7, PVR-350 & Dual Screen

August 1, 2007

Aim :

Enable a lightly used Linux machine to additionally host a MythTV video card.

Major Issues :

Upgrade to 2.6.22 breaks *everything* :

ivtv
ivtv-fb
ivtv-xdriver
ivtvfb-ctl (now gone)

Want to have two independent displays (two simultaneous X servers running)

Complex /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Need to use evdev to have dual keyboards

Toy with /etc/gdm/custom.conf (not necessary, hardly working)

Added a Belkin wireless keyboard (from woot.com)

Set up special [...]

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