I just built a sweet MythTV backup based on an Athlon X2 64 bit CPU. To get MythTV to compile, you need to change -ldts to -ldts_pic in libs/labavcodecs/Makefile. That is all.
Dentist
I went to the dentist for the first time in the US last night. It was a pretty odd experience. 19 xrays (apparently that’s standard here), a TV set on the wall where they showed me the tooth which needs a filling, and then showed me the filling after it was done, photos of my…
MythNetTV beta 4
As it says in the email: To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users@mythtv.org> Subject: MythNetTV beta 4 Hi again. MythNetTv is my video downloader / aggregator / importer thingie for MythTV. I’ve spent a little longer testing this beta, and I think it’s getting kinda ready for a real release number or something. New things in this…
Kernel report video
The video of the kernel report is cool. It only has left hand audio though. I wish people would ask questions using the microphone though.
MySQL scaling: query snipers
I’ve been wanting a query sniper for a while for MySQL (some people seem to call them “query killers”). They’re basically programs which inspect the MySQL “show processlist” command and decide to kill some processes if they violate specified rules. I have a prototype of one in python, and couldn’t find any other implementations until…
I am sometimes amazed by the childlike political discourse in the US
It amazes me that the best political argument Ann Coulter can come up with is that John Edwards is a faggot. While it is true that Ann specialises in a particularly vile form of hate politics, I guess she’s sufficiently lame that she can’t even think of good insults any more. It’s a bit like…
LCA 2007 Video: CFQ IO
I’m watching the CFQ IO Scheduler talk now on MythTV using my MythTV program downloader thingie. Beware the very large audio volume jump about three minutes in. Just saying. Oh, and the “pan across blank blackboards for a bit at a funny angle” thing at around 6 minutes is pretty amusing too. Update: now with…
Controlling DirecTV STB via USB
Might come in handy if I ever change pay TV provider in the US… DirecTV set top boxes are controllable via USB.
Now, about the video backlog
$ ./mythnettv –statistics Programs tracked: 385 Google EngEdu: 279 Scoble Show: 26 linux.conf.au 2007: 74 Programs still to download: 283 Google EngEdu: 202 Scoble Show: 8 linux.conf.au 2007: 73 Data transferred: 22 gb This is why I want to queue video, and then have it download to Myth a little at a time.
MythNetTv Beta 3
Beta 3 is out! It includes: Renamed to mythnettv todoremote bug fixed (bad column name) statistics bug fixed (no transfer stats caused crash) It is now possible to do a –todoremote, –importremote, or –importlocal and provide all the needed information on the command line Get it from here.