[ExtractStream] Re: Status of Windows tools ==> Linux Solutions

[Chris Kloiber]

On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Dale Reed wrote:

> Chris Kloiber wrote:
>
> >
> > > .2 will not work with a tivomad expanded system (which I'm assuming
> > > you used to expand to 80gb).
> >
> > Hmmm. Would you know of a way to increase the size of the tivo /
> > partitons, or create a /usr/local (that won't get blown away in an
> > upgrade). Of course extracting the streams is important too. I'm using
> > 2.0.1 sortware.
>
>
> MFS tools might let you do it. There is also some docs on how to
> recreate your tivo partitions and such from scratch using those.
> Out of curiosity why do you want to do that?

Well, a /usr/local that would (theoretically) survive upgrades so I can
just get my bash prompt back, edit /etc/fstab and reboot to get all my
goodies back would be really nice. With the current state of my tivo,
hacks are spread out everywhere, and I'm not even sure what hacks are
installed where. I want to organize things a bit. Even considering
restoring the virgin image to clean things up and start over. I've got my
80 gig Maxtor in there, so adding a 1gig partiton in there would not
seriously impact my viewing time.


> > > There are lots of them. I still use the really old httpd.tcl on port
> > > 81 to get the show ids. I run the sufr tivoweb on 80 for the cool
> > > features, though. :)
> >
> > Cool features? I'm pretty new to this too.
>
>
> Check out http://pvrhack.sonnik.com/tivo/ and the tivo web project
> link. The latest web interface allows you to not only see stuff
> like now showing, but also see your to do list, suggestions, channel
> guide and more. You can even add programs to your to do list and
> season pass (along with the season pass manager), remove them, etc.
> I can VPN into my firewall at home and from anywhere on the internet
> add that program that starts in five minutes that I forgot to tell
> my tivo to record. Thats by far my favorite feature. :)

Ok. now we're talking. the "web" interface that is currently running is so
basic it will only show me what's "Now Showing" and give me a remote
control (with no way to see the effect of what I push).

> > While I haven't benchmarked the TiVo version of nfs, you can usually
> > improve nfs speeds by passing options in the mount command or /etc/fstab.
> > Try this line in your fstab and see if things imporve drastically:
> >
> > linuxhost:/mnt/path /nfs nfs noauto,rw,soft,intr,wsize=8192,rsize=8192 0 0
>
>
> Yeah there is lots of tweaking you can do.
>
>
> > If I could extract a stream I'd tell you how fast my nfs is... (hint- need
> > hint!)
>
>
> See the extractstream documentation on how to get the fsids and extract.
> Its actually documented pretty decently.

What I saw on that wanted me to get a "netcat" program, but the link was
incorrect, and I never did find it. I want to use nfs instead, but I guess
I don't have the right version of anything. My system is 2.0.1, but the
ExtractStream is .2. So it seems I need to find a newer version.

I'm also considering trying to set up the cross compiler (on my linux
box), although I'm not really a coder. If I do I may have to do that in
VMWare, as I'm not downgrading my Red Hat to 6.2 which seems to be what is
required. (Currently running something similar to Roswell+Rawhide)

> > I'm a hardcore linux user. I'd hate to _have_ to use windows for anything
> > beyond allowing light and air into my home...
>
>
> I like both. :) Once I get things cleaned up on the windows side, I'll get
> it compiled and working on my linux box as well. My windows machine
> is a dual P3 750 with 1.5GB of RAM and 3x36GB U180 LVD SCSI. It rocks
> for processing the large video streams from one spindle to the other.
> My linux box if a PPro with 144mb of RAM. Its a little slow. :(

My linux box(s) are a 1.4Ghz DDR Athlon, 512M ram and 120Gigs of ATA-100,
and an older Dual 533 Alpha AS1200 with 512M ram and about 50 Gigs of
software Raid0. I have the horsepower anyway, now I need to gain the tools
and the knowledge.

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Chris Kloiber