LinuxMCE - User contributions [en]

Motorola DCT6200

2008-03-18T06:13:45Z

Tal: Added a bit of fluff.

[[Category: Hardware]]
[[Category: Video]]
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Aparently it works: http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=2922.0

If connecting via firewire, you should be able to configure this device via mythtv-setup. Myth supports firewire recording and channel changing directly via firewire. Content varies by provider and many providers (Charter) have encrypted content over firewire, which LMCE and Myth cannot record.

PcHDTV HD5500

2008-03-18T03:20:37Z

Tal: Added note about it working OOTB in beta 4 for me.

[[Category: Hardware]]
[[Category: Video]]
[[Category: TV Cards]]

(Adapted from "Installation Issues" forum post [http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=2546.msg23775#msg23775 Re: My LinuxMCE Problems].)

I ([http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?action=profile;u=40104 chuckfox]) currently have the latest beta (at February 03, 2008, 04:43:53 am 0710b3) running as a hybrid with a PCHDTV-5500 installed. I am by no means a linux expert, but playing with linuxmce has helped me alot.

=Hardware=
Cheap ECS MOBO + intel dual core + 1 gig mem + 120gig PATA hard drive + PCHDTV-5500

=Installation=
# After a fresh install I navigate to the KDE desktop, then open up a terminal to add a line to '''/etc/modules''' to load the cx88-dvb module on startup.
#: Heres the line to type into the terminal to bring the file up for modification.
#: <pre>kate /etc/modules</pre>
#: This will bring up /etc/modules which is mostly empty. Add the line below on a new line and save the file.
#: <pre>cx88-dvb</pre>
# After saving the file I then goto settings and click on MythTV Backend Setup -mythtv-setup.
#: This will get you a dialog box that will tell you that you need to be added to a user group(Not sure of the exact wording here).
#: Click OK. At this point reboot your machine. (You can use "sudo reboot" without the quotes, at the command line.)
# After reboot navigate to the KDE desktop and goto settings and click on MythTV Backend Setup -mythtv-setup.
#:You should be able to enter mythtvsetup at this point and set up capture cards.
# Set up capture card -You want to pick DVB DTV capture card(v3.x) '''NOT''' pcHDTV DTV capture card(w/V4L drivers).
#: When done you should see a capture card [DVB:0] listed.
# Set up a video source. I have two video sources, one is Digital and one is analog. I subscride to SchedulesDirect to grab the channel data. For both, the Channel frequency table is set to us-cable. (I'm not sure about the PCHDTV-3000, but the 5500 has digital and analog tuners).
# Set up Input Connections. I set up two connections Digital and analog.
#: '''Digital''': choose [DVB:0](DVBInput) -> Digital, add the digital video source you created earlier. Click scan for channels. Select; full scan, cable high, Cable (QAM-256) [If you are connected to cable, otherwise pick the one that applies to you], I like the period to seperate channels and Minimal Updates as the last option.
#: Click next and you should see Scan progress with a mostly(hopefully) full signal meter. Let the scan finish and move on to the analog channels.
#: '''Analog''': choose [V4L:dev/video0](Televison) ->analog, add the analog video source you created earlier. Same process as digital, only scan for cable instead of cable high. This scan should run alot quicker. After both scans I click Fetch channels from listing source, to add the channel data.
# This should get your card working if there are no other conflicts. Here are some things that caught me up along the way.
#: The admin password for the latest beta is linuxmce. You will need to input this a few times, it took me a few minutes of RTFM to find this one.
#: For some reason when exiting myth backend setup the dialog box that asks if I would like to run mythfilldatabase, would not run mythfilldatabase when clicking OK. To resolve this, open a command line and type sudo mythfilldatabase to run the program.

Edit (by Thoth): Just like to note that I got this working on LinuxMCE for my PCHDTV HD-3000, and I just reseated all cards, after a dustbunny blow-out and did a clean install of beta4 and followed these instruction exactly. Just about everything on the digital side appears to be working flawlessly, but upon first inspection I don't see analog to be working but the spec page for it says it has it:

[http://www.pchdtv.com/hd_3000_right_down.html]

Oh well, digital looks great though. Maybe the title should be changed to "PcHDTV HD-5500/3000", wonder how the HD-2000 owners are getting on?

Edit (Tal): I installed beta 4 clean, and didn't need to add the cx88-dvb to my modules list. It was ready to go right away. lsmod |grep cx88 to see if it's loaded already before doing this step.

Add video file extensions

2008-03-01T03:25:40Z

Tal: /* How to do it */ Updated text to note default

=How to add valid file extensions for new Video formats=
LinuxMCE's maintains a list of video extensions in the "MediaType" table of the "pluto_main" database.

==How to do it==
''At a terminal prompt, type the following:''

1.)
mysql -u root -p pluto_main <enter>

''Password for "root" is <blank> by default. You'll now see a "mysql>" prompt''

2.)
select Extensions from MediaType WHERE Define = "pluto_StoredVideo"; <enter>

''You should see a result like this:''
+---------------------------------------------------------+
| Extensions |
+---------------------------------------------------------+
| mov,avi,mpeg,mpg,wmv,ts,tp,dvd,vdr,ogm,evo,m2ts,iso,mp4 |
+---------------------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

3.)
UPDATE MediaType SET Extensions = "<Insert Result from #2 here>,<new fileext sep by ,>" WHERE Extensions = "<Insert result from #2 here.>"; <enter><br>
''For Example:''
UPDATE MediaType SET Extensions = "mov,avi,mpeg,mpg,wmv,ts,tp,dvd,vdr,ogm,evo,m2ts,iso,mp4,'''mkv,bin'''" WHERE Extensions = "mov,avi,mpeg,mpg,wmv,ts,tp,dvd,vdr,ogm,evo,m2ts,iso,mp4";

4.)
quit <enter>

[[Category: Tutorials]]

Add video file extensions

2008-02-27T21:47:23Z

Tal: New page: =How to add valid file extensions for new Video formats= LinuxMCE's maintains a list of video extensions in the "MediaType" table of the "pluto_main" database. ==How to do it== ''At a ter...

=How to add valid file extensions for new Video formats=
LinuxMCE's maintains a list of video extensions in the "MediaType" table of the "pluto_main" database.

==How to do it==
''At a terminal prompt, type the following:''

1.)
mysql -u root -p pluto_main <enter>

''You'll now see a "mysql>" prompt''

2.)
select Extensions from MediaType WHERE Define = "pluto_StoredVideo"; <enter>

''You should see a result like this:''
+---------------------------------------------------------+
| Extensions |
+---------------------------------------------------------+
| mov,avi,mpeg,mpg,wmv,ts,tp,dvd,vdr,ogm,evo,m2ts,iso,mp4 |
+---------------------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

3.)
UPDATE MediaType SET Extensions = "<Insert Result from #2 here>,<new fileext sep by ,>" WHERE Extensions = "<Insert result from #2 here.>"; <enter><br>
''For Example:''
UPDATE MediaType SET Extensions = "mov,avi,mpeg,mpg,wmv,ts,tp,dvd,vdr,ogm,evo,m2ts,iso,mp4,'''mkv,bin'''" WHERE Extensions = "mov,avi,mpeg,mpg,wmv,ts,tp,dvd,vdr,ogm,evo,m2ts,iso,mp4";

4.)
quit <enter>

[[Category: Tutorials]]