It just worked for me. You can also try http://www.misterhouse.com David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Gee" <gregg@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 1:05 PM Subject: Re: New PVR Script > > This looks great, but I can't get to www.misterhouse.net. It seems to be down. > > Greg > > David Norwood wrote: > > > > Included with the latest release of Misterhouse is a PVR script I wrote. > > Misterhouse is an open source home automation program written entirely in > > Perl. It is a good platform for developing a PVR because it supports a > > variety of user input methods including web, voice, IR, X10, e-mail, WAP, > > and others. > > > > v4l_pvr.pl > > > > 06/30/2002 Created by David Norwood (dnorwood2@xxxxxxxxx) > > > > This script adds Personal Video Recorder (PVR) functionality to Misterhouse > > systems running Linux. > > > > Features: > > > > - Automatically records shows that match a list of keywords > > - Records shows selected from the TV listings > > - Uses FFMPEGrec for recording, MPlayer for playback, and Xawtv for live TV > > - Decent video quality on 400 MHz machine, 500MB/hour filesize > > - Basic web interface for specifying shows to record, watching recordings > > and live TV > > > > Requirements: > > > > - misterhouse: http://www.misterhouse.net > > - A TV tuner card supported by video4linux > > - Optionally, a video card with TVOUT capability > > - A kernel that supports v4l1 or v4l2 and a driver for your card (probably > > bttv) > > RedHat 7.2 was sufficient for me, but you can get the latest here: > > http://bytesex.org/bttv/ > > - xawtv for watching live TV and changing channels: > > http://bytesex.org/xawtv/ > > - avifile: http://avifile.sourceforge.net/ > > - ffmpeg: http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/ > > - nvrec: http://nvrec.sourceforge.net/ > > - mplayer for video playback: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/ > > - a2x for controlling X windows applications: > > http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/a2x-voice/a2x-faq.html > > > > Setup: > > > > Install and configure all the above software. Copy the following scripts > > into your misterhouse > > code directory. > > > > mh/code/public/v4l_pvr.pl > > mh/code/bruce/internet_logon.pl > > mh/code/bruce/tv_info.pl > > > > Delete tv_grid.pl from your code directory if you have it. > > > > Set the following parameters in your private mh.ini file. > > > > pvr_video_dir=/bigdisk/videos # optional, defaults to > > "$config_parms{data_dir}/videos" > > html_select_length=9999 # causes web interface to list commands separately > > zip_code=91360 # go to http://tv.zap2it.com and enter your zip code... > > tv_provider=296974 # select your provider, click View Listings, code will be > > in URL > > tv_hours=0,2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22 # ensures show database will be > > complete > > > > Restart misterhouse, browse to http://localhost:8080/mh4, and click on PVR. > > > > Problems: > > > > - videos don't play directly on Windows > > - videos don't contain index according to mplayer > > - zap2it show data only has half hour resolution > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Video4linux-list mailing list > > Video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Video4linux-list mailing list > Video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list
