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2007/08/15
Linux Monitor Autodetection
One of the trickier parts of setting up Xorg is getting the monitor refresh rate configured properly - this tool can make that much easier:
# emerge -av sys-apps/ddcxinfo-knoppix
Then run it like this:
# ddcxinfo-knoppix -monitor -modes -firstmode 800x600
This will produce details that need to be edited in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.
2007/08/13
Automating some handy MythTV scripts
I've been looking at having the MythTV 'Videos' area have some useful information gatered from the internet - say for movies and such.
So, I've gathered up a couple of scripts, and done some extra work to customize them for my needs:
- a script that goes through all the sub-directories of the /Videos/ directory, and create thumbnails of the videos as needed. These look great and really make for a more visual MythTV experience
- a script that goes through the 'tv' sub-directory, and look up the TV related information, such as plot, running time, etc.
- a script that goes through the 'movies' sub-directory and looks up the movie information from IMDb, the Internet Movie Database. I haven't used this one yet, so we'll see if it works out-of-the-box for my scenario.
2007/08/11
Local LAN
Really, this is a test of crossposting - also tho it is a record of an issue I've been having recently on the LAN - until about mid-may all computers on the LAN would show up on the Network Neighbourhood Window - like this picture:
Now however only a handful are showing up - although they can still be accessed via 'map network drive' - you just have to know the right name. I think the culprit is an WinXP patch update I did a while ago, although that doesn't explain why some of the linux comps are no longer coming up.
2007/08/10
MythTV sound effect for pressing Remote button
Another pointer I found at this site:
http://outflux.net/blog/archives/2005/10/16/mythtv-button-sounds/
is about how to add sounds to MythTV remote buttons being pushed - kinda handy.
some more MythTV improvements
I came across this blog article
http://outflux.net/blog/archives/2005/10/
about setting the proper dpi (dots per inch) for the MythTV screens. He points to this article:
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Display_Size
which has a fairly complete outline of how to make this change happen.
