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

raid517 raid517 at fairadsl.co.uk
Sun Nov 21 17:46:26 CET 2004


So where should I add start up stuff like this in Debian?

GJ

Christian Kröner wrote:

>Am Sonntag, den 21.11.2004, 16:27 +0000 schrieb raid517:
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>>Yep, that works.
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>>So sysctl.conf is like rc.local in Debian? That is it does the same job?
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>>So I can add any start up stuff here?
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>>Is this correct?
>>
>>GJ
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>No it's not. sysctl.conf is a configuration file for the program sysctl
>that writes entries into /proc/sys/*.
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>>Christian Kröner wrote:
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>>>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:
>>>>
>>>>http://staff.dstc.edu.au/croy/mythtv/lircd.conf
>>>>
>>>>and
>>>>
>>>>http://staff.dstc.edu.au/croy/mythtv/lircrc
>>>>
>>>>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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