Index ■Symbols and Numbers audio #mythtv channel (developers), 338 Audio RTP, 330 #mythtv-users channel, 338–339 audio sync option, adjusting, 170 >> (double greater-than signs), Xine and, 60 settings for MythPhone, 330 16:9 vs. 4:3 TVs for testing, 181–182 Australian TV guide data, 92 authentication ■A authenticate method, 313 address book, MythPhone, 333 user, 316–317 adjust audio sync option, 170 autoexpire adjust time stretch option, 170 deleting recordings automatically and, aggregators, defined, 209 127–128 alert template, 305 features of, 15 alert_text argument, 304 list of recordings, 224–225 analog cable TV cards, 15 turning off, 169 analog capture cards automatic login, 34–37 installing and testing, 43 auto-skip commercials, 168–169 video capture cards, 17–18 ■ angle brackets, XML, 185 B appearance settings, 179 backends Apple remote control, 202 backend logs, checking (MythWeb), 274 applications. See also mythfrontend backend queue, 222–223 dependencies, nuvexport command-line backend status, checking (MythWeb), application, 142–146 272–274 DVD player, 280–281 configuring, 190–191 Gaim, instant message application, 320 defined, 12 transcoding, 282 IP address settings and, 68 Yahoo! Go PVR application, 5 starting, 80–82 apt-get program background image, changing, 183–185 as installation prerequisite, 48 bandwidth, disks XMLTV installation and, 93 determining, 250–251 architecture multiple disks and, 252 of MythTV, 12–13 batteries, remotes and, 56 xv acceleration architecture, 14 bcastaddr command-line option, 304 archiving. See also MythArchive begin transcoding options, 167–168 DVD tracks, selecting for, 287–288 Beginning Ubuntu Linux: From Novice to DVDs, native archives export option, 300 Professional (Apress, 2006, 2007), 24, Gnome Archive Manager, configuring lirc 189 daemon and, 57 benchmarks, running on disk array, 250–251 aspect ratio option Biggs, Billy, 181 changing, 169 binary-only ATI drivers, 14 custom themes and, 181 bit rate, disk space and, 121 Asterisk PBX software, 327, 333 Blender program for 30 graphics, 187 Asterisk: The Future of Telephony, 333 blootube theme, example, 180 ATI blue theme, 176 aticonfig program, 45 Bluetooth, wireless keyboards, 50–51 drivers, TV-out and, 45 bookmarks, setting up in MythBrowser, 216 graphics cards, 13 bootloader, reinstalling, 256 345 346 ■INDEX Brooktree 878 (BT878) series cards, 18 cid template, 306 browsers clauses, custom recording and, 117–118 gallery browser (MythVideo), configuring, Client class, 314 229–230 closed captioning (subtitles) option, 171–172 MythBrowser and, 215–219 closed source drivers, 13, 14 MythVideo browser, configuring, 227 code bttv driver, 43 gtalkbot code, installing, 319 burning mjpegtools source code, 143 CDs, 236–237, 294–297 nuvexport code, 148 MythBurn, 277 running latest version of, 340–343 videos, to disk, 294–297 source code control system, 148 buttons submitting, 343 changing when creating custom themes, SVN source code repository, 340 186 updating source code, 342 DVB, 44 Command method, 311 mapping remote, 58–59 commercials auto-skip, 168–169 ■C detecting/skipping, 132–133 cable-company DVRs, 7 detection of, inserting cut points from, caller ID 166–167 cid template and, 306 flagging, 129, 132 displaying on-screen text and, 304 community, MythTV, 335–343 call-sign-to-network mapping, 173 chats with users, 335–339 capture cards. See also analog capture cards running latest version of code, 340–343 setting up, 73–75 submitting code, 343 cards. See also analog capture cards updating source code, 342 analog cable TV cards, 15 users’ mailing list, 335 ATI graphics cards, 13 compact theme, DVD menus, 297–298 Brooktree 878 (BT878) series cards, 18 configuring. See also MythVideo digital capture cards, 17 capture cards, IR blaster and, 78 digital TV cards, 15 databases, 197 DVB cards, configuring, 62 DVB cards, 62 DVB cards, setting up, 75 DVD imports, 282–283 DVB DTV capture cards, 74 frontend, 66 Hauppauge cards, configuring, 100 gallery browser (MythVideo), 229–230 Intel graphics cards, 13 gtalkbot, 319 IVTV, capture cards, installing, 40–42 Hauppauge cards, 100 recording quality and, 15 initial, MythTV, 64–73 remote capture cards, setting up, 73–75 input connections when installing, TV cards, remotes not connected to, 55 77–79 video capture cards, 17–20 lirc. See lirc, setting up remote control with WinFast DTV1000PCI cards, 19 lirc for Xine, 59–60 CD collection storage, 15 LVM, 16 CD/DVD readers/writers, selecting, 16 with mythtv-setup program, 92 CDs, burning, 236–237, 294–297 MythVideo, 283–284 certificate codes, defined, 88 players and file types, MythVideo, 230–231 cfdisk program, 255 RAID, 16 change aspect ratio option, 169 remote frontends, backend configuration, --chanid command line option, nuvexport, 190–191 156 remote frontends, MySQL configuration, Channel Editor 191–193 menu, 101 remote frontends, network configuration, setting up TV channels and, 79–80 189–190 channel icon maps, 172–173 skip distances, 121–122 channel listings, obtaining, 101 speed of playback, 121–122 chats, with MythTV users, 335–339 tuners, new, 252 ■INDEX 347 --confirm command line option, nuvexport, digital TV cards, 15 157–158 Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) conflicts buttons, 44 conflict recording, defined, 249 cards, configuring, 62 program conflicts, 250 cards, setting up, 75 recording schedule, resolving, 114 subtitles, selecting, 171 copying digital video capture cards, 17–19 disks, 253–257 digital video recorders (DVRs), defined, 1 DVDs to disk, 288–289 Digital Visual Interface (DVI), 13 partitions, 256–257 directories CPU usage, 12–13 MythPhone, 333 CSS decryption software, 281 MythVideos, 226–227 Current Conditions weather screen, 213 disk bandwidth, determining, 250–251 current job queue, MythWeb, 272–273 disk layout, installing MythTV and, 20–23 custom identifier for frontend, 196–197, 202 disk space Custom Recording Schedules, MythWeb, 269 bit rate and, 121 custom recordings, TV, 110, 115–118 resolution and, 121 custom themes, creating, 181–187 setting minimum, TV recording, 128 4:3 vs. 16:9 TVs for testing, 181–182 disk space, adding, 252–258 it faster at Find background image, changing, 183–185 adding disks with LVM, 257 basic XML, using, 185 current disks, replacing, 253–257 buttons, changing, 186 separate disks, adding, 253 emulating existing quality themes, 183 disk striping, 250 fonts, changing, 186 disks overscan and, 181 copying DVDs to, 288–289 http://superindex.apress.com/ theme.xml file, editing, 186 layout, and installation, 20–23 title and watermark images, changing, 187 layout, and software selection, 20–23 ui.xml file, editing, 185 logical, 21–23 cut list, defined, 164–165 meta disks (MDs), 21–23 cut points, 164–167 selecting, 14–15 czap utility, 44 displaying on-screen text, 303–304 divx video format, 203 ■D dmeg command, 39 database configuration, 195, 197 documentation /data/mythtv file system, 64 for lirc, setting up remote control with, date format appearance settings, 179 60–61 deactivating recording schedules, 125 for MythTV game, 245 --debug command line option, nuvexport, dongles, remote control setup and, 51 153 Don’t re-encode profile, 299 decryption software, CSS, 281 Dopplar Radar weather screen, 214 Delete After This Frame option, 166 downloading. See also Web sites for Delete Before This Frame option, 166 downloading dependencies in nuvexport command-line blootube theme, 180 application MPlayer, 204 shared, 142–145 MythTV, 47–48 specific, 145–146 drivers --description command line option, ATI, 14, 45 nuvexport, 155–156 bttv, 43 /dev/dvd device files, 200 closed source, 13, 14 developers mailing list, 343 IVTV, 18 dialing entries, MythPhone, 333 mode2 program to test, 56–57 dial-out only VoIP accounts, 327 nv, 14 digital capture cards, 17, 44 NVIDIA, 44–45 digital capture/playback, CPU usage and, open source, 13 12–13 for video capture cards, 17–18 digital photos, storage of, 15 Western Digital, 19 348 ■INDEX dual layer DVD media, 295 hardware selection, 11–12, 19–20 duplicate matching recording options, 125 of regular expressions, 122 DVB cards expanding MythTV, 249–260 configuring, 62 avoiding expansion, 249 setting up, 75 disk space, adding. See disk space, adding DVB DTV capture cards, 74 network-attached storage, 258 DVB subtitles, selecting, 171 remote backends, adding, 258–260 DVD plug-ins, installing on XBox, 200 TV tuners, adding, 250–252 DVDs, 277–301 ext3 file system, 21 browsing for with MythFlix, 215 Extended Forecast weather screen, 213 encrypted, 200 extended play (EP) profile, 299 importing. See importing DVDs native archives export option, 300 ■F playing, 277–281 fetching channels, setting, 78 readers/writers, selecting, 16 ffmpeg package, 142, 146 region-encoded, 200, 281 file fragmentation, 250 DVDs, creating, 290–300 file media, 295 DVD menus, selecting themes for, 297–298 file system, installing MythTV and, 20–23 encoder profiles, selecting, 299 file types (MythVideo), configuring, 230–231 encoding options, 291–292 filenames, video, user jobs to determine, 205 MythArchive, burning CDs with, 294–297 filtering options for video manager, MythArchive, command locations, 293 MythVideo, 232–233 MythArchive, setting up, 290–293 fireglcontrol program, 45 videos, burning to disk, 294–297 fonts dvd-utils package, 44 changing when creating custom themes, DVI (Digital Visual Interface), 13 186 DVRs (digital video recorders), defined, 1 defining, 186 size of, appearance settings and, 179 ■E --force aspect command-line option, editing nuvexport, 158 Channel Editor, 79–80, 101 formats edit recording option, 164–167 changing. See transcoding gedit (text editor program), starting date, appearance settings, 179 backends and, 82 divx video, 203 Gnome Partition Editor, 254 nuvexport, 204 Gnome text editor, 261 time, appearance settings, 179 Inkscape vector graphics editor, 187 TVOutFormat settings, 45 metadata, for video, 232 VBI, 70 partition editor, Ubuntu, 31–32 video, players supporting, 204 permissions, editing root, 191 Free World Dialup, 327, 333 recording editing option, 164–167 free-to-air TV, 18 rules, 116 frontends theme.xml file, 186 configuring, 66 tools for creating and editing, 187 controlling over networks, 307–309 ui.xml file, 185 defined, 12 embedded/appliance PVRs, 5–7 remote.