[MPlayer-users] Lirc Mplayer and WinTV Nova-T

raid517 raid517 at fairadsl.co.uk
Sun Nov 21 17:27:53 CET 2004


Yep, that works.

So sysctl.conf is like rc.local in Debian? That is it does the same job?

So I can add any start up stuff here?

Is this correct?

GJ

Christian Kröner wrote:

>Am Sonntag, den 21.11.2004, 15:15 +0000 schrieb raid517:
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>>Thanks for the response. Unfortunately I don't seem to have a file 
>>called rc.local. I am using debian Sid Unstable, so I don't know if this 
>>is significant.
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>On debian they use sysctl to adjust values in /proc/sys/. Simply put 
>"dev.rtc.max-user-freq=1024" (without quotes) into
>your /etc/sysctl.conf, make sure that /dev/rtc is world readable (at
>least readable by the user using mplayer) and after the next boot
>mplayer should be using your rtc.
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>>As I said in my previous post I did a little research and found a site 
>>that provided two files which I appear to need:
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>>http://staff.dstc.edu.au/croy/mythtv/lircd.conf
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>>and
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>>http://staff.dstc.edu.au/croy/mythtv/lircrc
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>>for lirc and my TV card. These are the correct versions for my card. 
>>(WinTV Nova-T). But Mplayer gives no clue *where* to put them. My home 
>>directory is simply /home/raid517 so should I just place these files in 
>>/home/raid517?
>>
>>Is this really all I need to do?
>>
>>GJ
>>
>>Ulrich Schweitzer wrote:
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>>>On Sunday 21 November 2004 15:23, raid517 wrote:
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>>>>I have reatltime clock support compiled into my kernel. How can I add
>>>>this option to my system startup scripts? Waht and where are these
>>>>scripts located?
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>>>That depends on your distribution. You should have a file called rc.local, 
>>>probably in /etc but maybe someplace else (find it with 'locate 
>>>rc.local'). That's the correct file to place that line in.
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>>>>Also I am trying to set up lirc support but I keep getting this error:
>>>>
>>>>Input config file /home/raid517/.mplayer/input.conf parsed: 53 binds
>>>>Setting up LIRC support...
>>>>mplayer: could not open config file
>>>>mplayer: No such file or directory
>>>>Failed to read LIRC config file ~/.lircrc.
>>>>You will not be able to use your remote control
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>>>You need a file called .lircrc in your home directory. Read
>>>http://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/control.html
>>>on what to put into that file.
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>>>>" Make lircd take it's input from /dev/input/event0 by passing it
>>>>--device=/dev/input/event0"
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>>>I don't think this is necessary.
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>>>>I have Lirc installed and running (I think) so it seems it is only
>>>>these small issues that are holding me back.
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>>>Do you have a /etc/lircd.conf with the correct information for your 
>>>remote? If not you will have to either find one or create it yourself 
>>>using irrecord.
>>>
>>>Ulrich
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