[00:13] hi- my tv capture card has s-video and coaxial, but my only option for audio is the coaxial- can I use S-video for video and coax for the audio? [00:14] Cant use the PC's sound card for Audio In? [00:14] hadn't thought of it [00:17] there doesn't seem to be a way to get the audio from the settop box to the computer without using coax [00:41] so [00:41] any of you know how to debug xvmc? [01:01] Is there documentation on how to upgrade a Feisty myth frontend/backend to Mythbuntu? [01:01] if it's not broken, don't break it! [01:02] Well, I'm at least going to upgrade to Gutsy, I'd like to be able to upgrade my mythbox as updates are released so that it doesn't become a pain somewhere way down the road. [01:05] do you know how to adjust the memmory settings in php so that mythweb will work properly? [01:05] Anyone know how to get Mythbuntu working with avi files? [01:06] you want to play avi files? [01:06] you can do that through the mythvideo plugin [01:09] not installed by default? [01:09] i dont remember, just open your mythbuntu control centre and go to the applications and plugins tab and select the plugins you want to install and then apply [01:10] they are all enabled... [01:10] wounder if its a video driver problem [01:11] ok have you set up the folder where your videos are stored? [01:11] yea [01:12] then went to Media Library then Watch Videos on the frontend? [01:12] yeah...trys to open then closes imediatly [01:13] can you play them in mplayer? [01:13] no [01:13] or xine [01:13] the only file it plays is ISO [01:13] then you probably dont have the codecs downloaded or something [01:14] have you selected all the codecs in the mythbuntu control centre? [01:15] nope...just did though [01:17] im just learning myself, but it is my understanding that myth uses mplayer as the default player with the mythvideo plugin [01:17] so if it doesnt play in mplayer, it wont play wth mythvideo [01:18] well its taking its time to update packages.... [02:00] I have 5 full beans on the ubuntuforum now.. Im becoming a God [02:01] WOW! I was impressed by the bean titles everyone had on there untill I read that they are randomly generated and have nothing to do with the nuber of beans anyone has [02:04] My beans are refried [02:05] mmmmmm... just add cheese [02:06] Haggas Beans and Rice [02:06] W All American Cheese, sure ya why not [02:07] i like the 3 cheese blend from costco, the cheapest cheese per pound and its already grated! what more could a man ask for? [02:08] where are you from? [02:08] alaska [02:08] Im practicly in Las Vegas, Nevada [02:09] i havent been to town since january, so i buy ALOT of cheese when im at costco [02:09] so your living out in the middle of nowhere eh? same here [02:09] 150 miles by plane, there are no roads to get here [02:09] Las Vegas is the closest big city to me, and thats 80 miles away [02:10] my house is completely electric.. we have a water pump that taps into the natural water underground [02:10] and a ceptic tank [02:11] internet is Satalite, and we also get Dish Network [02:11] sounds like me [02:11] where do you get your power? [02:11] I heat with fuel oil though [02:11] theres an electric company close by.. our town is big enough to have a phone company and electric.. and 2 whore houses [02:12] the phone company wont support dsl though.. that really pisses me off [02:12] our village has an electric co-op that runs generators big enough for everyone [02:13] right on [02:13] some people like Alaska.. I still haven't figured out the attraction but its enough to keep people living there by choice [02:13] the phone company has a houge dish here and underground wires through the village [02:14] what is the temp there right now? [02:14] its evening now.. I'd say 65 [02:14] thats why people live here [02:14] thats a good summer temp [02:14] this afternoone could have been in the low 80's [02:15] you cant realy work comfortably it its over 80 [02:15] Am I nuts or does Alaska have unusually long days? [02:16] where i am the days are about 23 hours long in the summer and 5 in the winter [02:16] thats what I thought.. man I could totally get used to that ;) [02:16] what company do you get your satalite internet from? [02:16] Wild Blue [02:17] the cool thing in the summer, is the days are long but since its never dark, you dont get tired, you can live on 5 hours of sleep a night for 3 months [02:17] hehe [02:17] ive got starband, but an older model modem and its pretty flakey [02:18] When its dark here, the Stars can sometimes look amazing.. but I dont really like nighttime in the desert cause of all the snakes and scorpians and other creepy stuff [02:18] do you know anything about mythweb giving an error when searching for shows, about excedig the memory limits? [02:18] the northern lights are pretty cool here sometimes [02:18] Yeah.. if you leave your search query blank then it overwelms it [02:19] but what about for their preselected searches, like "movies" [02:19] that seems to work fine for me.. I get 7 days of EPG data.. if you have more then that, you might run into problems I never see [02:20] i dont think i ever set any setings, but it seems like about 2 weeks from scheduals direct, what is epg? [02:21] EPG is that TV programming information you download from Schedules Direct [02:21] oh, ok [02:21] Episode Program Guide I think is what it stands for [02:21] you into the solar scene? is that what your name is about [02:21] ? [02:22] not so much as you would think.. there was a movie I saw when I was a little boy.. a really badly rated movie at that.. called Solarbabys.. I really liked it [02:22] oh, ok [02:23] not a bad nickname either.. I've come across a few of them on the internet but its not over used [02:23] yeah [02:24] Hi, anyone else had their computer radomly freexe and the caps and scroll lock lights on the key board start blinking? [02:26] that happend to me in windows [02:27] strange huh? This thing doesn't seem to be under a huge load either... [02:28] you might have some hardware going bad.. ram doesn't last forever [02:28] I have an external drive that seems to be kind of flakey, sometimes when using it the computer will freeze, but I dont remember any flashing lights [02:28] flashing lights might be an error code you could look up [02:28] i use a wireless keyboard though so i wouldnt (there arent lights except a low battery) [02:29] googling now, but all this gear is only a couple years old... [02:30] Your motherboard might have certain error codes that it will use in cobination with blinky lights and beep codes [02:31] bad ram would certainly be something it would want to convey to you [02:31] hummm, apears I am not the only one: Bug #130247 [02:31] the reason I mention bad ram so often is because ram is cheap and easy to test [02:32] yes....and at that I only have 512 in this box. [02:32] only have one tuner for now though... [02:32] you could easily have a bad hard drive cable too.. it could be many inexpensive possibilities [02:38] Are all the Transcoding defaults supposed to be set to RTjepg? [04:24] does mythbuntu supports capturing hd video from a hd video camera? [04:25] MythbuntuGuest32 you could prob make it work over a connection like the std inputs or via Firewire...however directly no.. [04:26] i do have firewire but does has software to capture hd video [04:26] ? [04:27] what do you mean? MythTV can do HDTV [04:28] hd from dv is fine as long as you dont get into dvc50 or dvcpro100 [04:30] like in windows i use sony vegas or adobe software to capture hd video? is there similiar software in mythbuntu? [04:30] or in linux general [04:30] ? [04:30] MythTV handles all of that [04:31] it does not do editing and its not a capture suite like those softwares however [04:31] oh i see [04:31] thank you very much for help then [04:32] np [04:44] hey [04:44] im trying to build vlc [04:44] and when I configure I get error: C compiler cant creat executables [04:44] CCB0x45, why are you building it from source? [04:45] I wanna add the streaming options so I can try to get mythstreamtv to work [04:45] I really wanna stream live tv [04:45] CCB0x45, are you working from trunk? [04:46] just off vlcs site [04:46] the latest source [04:46] it says it after checking for C compiler default output file name [04:46] CCB0x45, I think the the TV streaming in Myth only works in Trunk [04:47] well im not using built in streaming [04:47] im using myth stream tv [04:47] its a module [04:47] I just need to compile vlc with streaming enabled [04:47] it uses vlcs streaming [04:49] I have the options to configure vlc [04:49] but when I configure it says that [04:49] CCB0x45, you can try this, however we don't provide much support for Trunk or Plugins not provided via Mythbuntu [04:49] http://www.shantanu.biz/html/mythtv/mythstreamtv.html [04:50] im not using trunk man [04:50] and that site just says configure vlc [04:50] I know the configure options [04:50] its failing because it says C compiler cant create executables [04:51] CCB0x45, Streaming via Mythweb is part of 0.21-trunk [04:51] omg [04:51] do a pastebin and I will look at the error [04:51] im using mythstreamtv [04:51] its a plugin for mythtv and myth web [04:51] not the trunk [04:51] mythstreamtv is an older plugin designed for .19 [04:51] !pastebin | CCB0x45 [04:51] CCB0x45: pastebin is a service to post large texts so you don't flood the channel. The Ubuntu pastebin is at http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org (make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the #ubuntu channel topic) [04:52] I am trying to hack it together so I can post how for other people [04:52] please dont tell me what pastebin is lol, I pasted you the error but I can give you more [04:53] CCB0x45, I was giving you the link [04:53] http://pastebin.com/m1ad2d579 [04:53] CCB0x45, if you want to act like that I can not offer any help at all [04:53] CCB0x45, please post your config.log as well [04:54] its huge and the bottom just says config error: 77 [04:54] but I can paste it if youd like [04:54] Hmm. Testing out the 'archive recordings' feature. Using the keyboard. I can arrow around and select a few recordings.. but cant seem get to the 'OK' Button. I hit escape and it goes up one menu.. Am i missong somthing here. or is the UI just a little confusing? [04:54] build-essential [04:54] install it [04:55] http://pastebin.com/m5fa66906 [04:55] CCB0x45, you sure the VLC with ubuntu doesn't have streaming support? [04:55] CCB0x45, i dont see why it would have been disabled if it is [04:55] superm1, ah build-essential [04:55] CCB0x45, a bug should probably be filed about that if its not already [04:56] thanks, I forgot I hadnt installed build-essential [04:56] superm1, I just assumed it wasnt [04:56] CCB0x45, why? [04:56] I didnt really know how to test if it was or not [04:56] because all the new wikis on how to get mythstream working said you had to recompile it [04:57] and they referred to ubuntu? [04:57] and Nikas said that he had to recompile it [04:57] but he was running a little older [04:57] no none of them refer to ubuntu at all [04:57] well i wouldn't say thats a safe assumption then :) [04:57] haha [04:57] i know at least personally i try to add as much support to any packages i touch in ubuntu [04:58] oh ok [04:58] well hmm [04:58] i'm touching mplayer 1.0~rc2 right now, and adding at least 6 more build deps to add more support to it particularly [04:58] and there are plenty of people like me, so its very possible vlc has that support [04:59] hmm [04:59] mythstream is giving me a link [04:59] but vlc wont open it [05:00] well what is the link? [05:01] mms://ccbtop.kicks-ass.org:8001 [05:01] well i'd look at the log that mythstreamtv creates [05:01] when you clikc that link [05:01] see what command it is issuing to try to start a streaming server [05:02] which command mythweb is trying [05:02] or mythstreamtv? [05:02] you mean? [05:02] or what command my mac is trying/ [05:02] what command the backend is issuing [05:02] when you click that link [05:03] that starts some sort of streaming server [05:03] /usr/bin/vlc -I http --http-host=:8002 --sout-transcode-fps=$FPS --sout-transcode-deinterlace $1 ":sout=#transcode{vcodec=$VCODEC,acodec=$ACODEC,vb=$VB,ab=$AB,scale=$SIZE}:std{access=mmsh,mux=asfh,url=:8001} [05:03] it wrote this too hmm [05:03] [00000282] main interface: creating httpd [05:03] [00000288] stream_out_transcode private error: cannot find encoder ((null)) [05:03] [00000288] stream_out_transcode private error: cannot create audio chain [05:03] [00000301] main packetizer error: cannot create packetizer output (mpga) [05:03] so it didn't choose a good encoder [05:03] choose a different one [05:05] I have no idea where it is picking that [05:06] let me look around [05:10] ah wait [05:10] may have found a fix [05:13] what'd you find? [05:14] damn still didnt work [05:14] this looks like the section [05:14] if [ $PROTOCOL = "mms" ]; then [05:14] /usr/bin/vlc -I http --http-host=:8002 --sout-transcode-fps=$FPS --sout-transcode-deinterlace $1 :sout="#transcode{vcodec=$VCODEC,acodec=$ACODEC,vb=$VB,ab=$AB,scale=$SIZE}:std{access=mmsh,mux=ogg,url=:8001}" [05:14] elif [ $PROTOCOL = "http" ]; then [05:14] /usr/bin/vlc -I http --http-host=:8002 --sout-transcode-fps=$FPS --sout-transcode-deinterlace $1 :sout="#transcode{vcodec=$VCODEC,acodec=$ACODEC,vb=$VB,ab=$AB,scale=$SIZE}:std{access=http,mux=ogg,url=:8080}" [05:14] fi [05:22] ah wait [05:22] superm1 do you know the name of an encoder [05:22] I should try? [05:22] for vlc? [05:22] no. [05:22] yea [05:22] i have only ever used the gui [05:22] to do it [05:22] to encode something? [05:22] yeah [05:24] I think ffmpeg [05:24] would be the encoder right [05:24] i'm really not sure what it wants at this point. [05:24] ffmpeg is an encoder [05:24] so is mencoder [05:25] but vlc can do this kind of stuff without them [05:25] hmm [05:29] aahhh [05:29] lol [05:29] I tried the command [05:29] it is streaming it in like ascii [05:29] whoa [05:29] that is weird [05:32] superm1 [05:32] do you have an mms player? [05:32] that you know will play streams? [05:32] doesn't vlc? [05:33] i'm pretty sure VLC does [05:33] I thought so [05:34] do you have a stream you wanted me to try? [05:34] or something? [05:34] yea [05:34] mms://ccbtop.kicks-ass.org:8001 [05:36] connected [05:36] but nothin there [05:38] I need to figure out where these variables are coming from [05:57] hey superm1 [05:58] yeah [05:58] could you try this command for me if possible? [05:58] this is what its trying to run [05:58] youd have to try with your own .mpg file [05:58] [00000294] stream_out_transcode private error: cannot find encoder ((null)) [05:58] oops [05:58] wrong paste [05:58] ill pastebin it one sec [05:58] http://pastebin.com/m43ed9010 [05:59] i dont have an mpg file with me atm [05:59] i'm not at home... [05:59] ah shit [05:59] ah well [05:59] someone else in here might be able to? [05:59] it would be sweet to get mythstreamtv working [06:00] could add it to mythbuntu [06:00] its a really nice plugin [06:00] yeah it would [06:01] if you do end up to sort it out, i can help you get it into a proper deb [06:01] and push it to hardy and all [06:01] cool [06:01] im trying [06:01] I know thats the command its trying to run [06:02] but I dunno why vlc is saying the encoder is null [06:02] I have tried 3 different encoder values [06:05] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-multimedia-maintainers/2007-August/000405.html [06:05] that doesnt look good [06:05] CCB0x45, does that have to be a mpg file for that to work? [06:22] superm1 no [06:22] I think it can be any file [06:22] vlc would be transcoding it anyways [06:23] well it appears to be missing other options [06:23] i tried it with a xvid file [06:23] I think vlc [06:23] and got the same problem [06:23] needs to be recompiled [06:23] i've done this in the GUI [06:23] with that same file though [06:23] and didn't have any issues [06:23] really [06:24] hmm [06:24] yeah [06:24] how do you do it with the gui? [06:29] file Wizard [06:30] hmm [06:30] one sec [06:33] superm1 [06:33] ok that works [06:34] so this thing can stream... [06:34] hmm [06:34] its using ASF there [06:34] look at the command line it issued to do it [06:34] because it does show you in the window i believe [06:35] k one sec [06:35] where [06:35] I dont see it? [06:35] superm1 is there any way to stream the capture card input through the gui? [06:36] yeah i believe you can do that too [06:36] its a little more complicated [06:36] since you cant use the wizard [06:36] but more or less file->open and choose the V4L tab [06:36] and use the advanced options at the bottom [06:37] lol [06:37] the window is too big [06:37] to see the bottom [06:37] you can move it around by holding alt [06:37] and then clicking on it [06:37] and dragging it [06:37] ah wow [06:37] never knew that [06:38] that really helps [06:38] ah this gives you the command [06:38] I think [06:39] or at least the options it was using on the command === nothlit_ is now known as nothlit [06:39] you do advanced options [06:39] and stream, right [06:39] settings [06:40] it worked when I loaded an mpg but not from there [06:40] do you use http? [06:41] i did it via a multicast actually [06:41] let me try that [06:41] well [06:41] that isn't good for the purpose you want [06:41] it is really only good on a local network that you can create a multicast address for people to connect to [06:41] ah ok [06:41] so I should use http [06:41] and you'd have to read up a little bit on how multicast works [06:41] maybe its not /dev/video [06:41] to understand it [06:42] no its not [06:43] its like /dev/video0 [06:43] or /dev/video1 [06:43] yea [06:43] it is [06:43] usually [06:43] its video0 I just checked [06:43] but is my sound dsp? [06:43] um what kind of card is this? [06:43] a PVR-XXX ? [06:43] pvr150 [06:43] yea [06:44] then use the PVR tab [06:44] ah [06:44] just saw that [06:44] lol [06:44] when you mentiond it [06:44] holy shit [06:44] I think its working [06:45] umm [06:45] except its all static [06:45] this is weird [06:46] ok wtf [06:46] myth tv stopped working [06:47] nm its working again [06:47] vlc had a hold of the video device [06:47] but why is it static... [06:47] wtf [06:47] lol [06:47] now I played it again [06:47] and it works fine [06:47] this is sweet [06:48] okay so if you can figure out how to fix up that command as its issued in mythweb, you'll be set now [06:48] since you can see the "good" one passed in vlc [06:48] now aren't you glad you didnt go and recompile vlc? [06:48] :) [06:50] yea except [06:50] I still think the reason its not working is because vlc needs to be recompiled [06:50] I dont think vlc has either the right version of ffmpeg compiled into it [06:50] so it doesnt have the mpeg encoder [06:50] when its doing this streaming its using a different encoder [06:51] jesus it streams at good quality [06:51] the other thing is [06:51] it doesnt give you the whole command [06:51] just the end options [06:53] ah there is transcoding options [06:53] how can I get that command [06:53] hmmm [06:55] this is sweet [06:56] superm1 it only gives like the second half of the command [06:57] well who needs that first half. [06:57] :) [06:57] wait [06:57] I think I figured it out [06:59] well crap [07:01] trying to run what it runs doesnt work [07:02] from what I can tell this is the command it is running when it does that [07:02]