[04:03] <levander> Is Component TV Out just something that's very iffy with the nvidia driver?
[04:04] <tritium> No, it's pretty good.
[04:05] <levander> I posted a question about not being able to get it to work on nvnews.net, and all I got was some guy making a joke saying the word "Component" is forbidden on that site.
[04:05] <levander> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=102252
[04:05] <tritium> aww
[04:06] <levander> aww is sarcasm?
[04:07] <tritium> No, compassion.
[04:07] <tritium> As in, sorry to hear about what he said.
[04:07] <levander> tritium: Lord knows I need it after fooling with this mess...
[04:08] <tritium> levander: mine was as simple as "TVOutFormat" "COMPONENT" in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf
[04:08] <tritium> I also chose others, such as "TVStandard" "HD720p"
[04:08] <tritium> etc.
[04:09] <levander> tritium: I'm about to give up.  You'd think if the nvidia driver knew how to access the HD modes on the TV encoder on this graphics card, that it'd have printed out those modes in Xorg.0.log.
[04:09] <tritium> which card?
[04:09] <levander> Leadtek WinFast a6200
[04:10] <levander> I know it has the modes because the manual that comes with it has a few pages about how to get them to work in Windows.
[04:10] <CofWY> hi everyone, i'm doing my first attempt at setting up mythbuntu, i have an abit-m2hd mobo.  I can't see to get the mythbuntu live cd to start.  I get to the display setting where it warns me about running in low graphic mode, the display is set to 800x600 using generic vesa and it test ok...but then after I click ok, it dumps me at the console, from there what do I do?
[04:10] <levander> CofWY: you can try reconfiguring X to get it to work "sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg"
[04:11] <levander> do that command to try to reconfigure X
[04:11] <CofWY> thank you let me try that
[04:14] <tritium> Sorry, got detached from this screen session when my laptop froze.
[04:15] <levander> tritium: it's a Leadtek WinFast a6200 card I'm working with.
[04:16] <levander> I know it has the modes because the manual that comes with it has a few pages about how to get them to work in Windows.
[04:16] <tritium> levander: ah, okay.
[04:16]  * tritium has a 6150 on-board
[05:52] <MythbuntuGuest09> hi... anyone there?
[05:52] <JThundley> we're all bots I'm afraid
[05:52] <MythbuntuGuest09> if bots can answer install questions, i'm a bot-lover.
[05:53] <JThundley> input question here
[05:53]  * JThundley moves his arms like a machine
[05:55] <MythbuntuGuest09> i am having trouble with an install... i'm a novice with mythtv.  when i opt for watch TV, i get a blank screen.  i have a video card that has both a VGA and an s-video out, and at this point, i'm just running the vga to my monitor.
[05:56] <MythbuntuGuest09> the guide is there, so that part is totally fine.
[05:56] <JThundley> if you get a picture otherwise, the mythtv menu for example, your graphics card is working fine
[05:56] <JThundley> a blank picture when you watch tv means your tv tuner is jacked up
[05:56] <MythbuntuGuest09> ok... now a question on connectivity...
[05:57] <MythbuntuGuest09> can i run my co-ax from the wall to my tv, in order to not have to bother dealing with the connection from my PC to my TV?  Or must I run from the wall to my card, and watch TV off the video card?
[05:58] <JThundley> lol, yes, you have to do that. think about it
[05:58] <JThundley> if you run the tv cable from the wall to the TV, the computer can't see any tv shows
[05:58] <JThundley> how will it record them?
[05:58] <MythbuntuGuest09> well i would run the tv to the PC.
[05:58] <JThundley> that would get the computer showing up on the TV
[05:59] <JThundley> so you could watch movies that you download
[05:59] <JThundley> but you can't record tv shows without the cable going to the computer
[06:00] <MythbuntuGuest09> well i was thinking wall -> tv -> computer (so the cable would go via tv to PC)
[06:00] <MythbuntuGuest09> but ok fine let's go with your scenario.  so i go wall -> computer -> TV.
[06:00] <JThundley> your tv has cable out?
[06:01] <JThundley> right, that's normal, that's what I've done
[06:01] <MythbuntuGuest09> oh... ok i'll copy you.
[06:02] <MythbuntuGuest09> so you're saying that blank screen means that i likely incorrectly specified my tuner input?
[06:02] <JThundley> or something else is wrong with it
[06:02] <MythbuntuGuest09> i guess then i should take a look at those settings... i'm going to try that...
[06:02] <JThundley> are you sure your tuner is working?
[06:02] <MythbuntuGuest09> how would i know if the tuner is working?
[06:02] <JThundley> you can test your tuner by running mplayer /dev/video0
[06:02] <JThundley> hah, it's like I read your mind
[06:02] <MythbuntuGuest09> ok i'll try that !  ...
[06:06] <JThundley> any luck?
[06:10] <MythbuntuGuest09> nope. so the mplayer trick works fine (i can see tv), but i still get the blank screen from the watch tv menu option.
[06:11] <JThundley> well that's a good thing, it means at least your tuner is working right
[06:11] <MythbuntuGuest09> (i'm curious why you are volunteering to answer these questions -- it seems pretty altruistic to me.)
[06:11] <MythbuntuGuest09> i am going to take a peak at my input device options... brb
[06:11] <JThundley> well I guess I am
[06:12] <JThundley> that's what I was going to suggest, start messing with all the settings :)
[06:14] <MythbuntuGuest09> hmmm so my capture card was incorrectly set to composite 1 instead of tuner 1.
[06:14] <MythbuntuGuest09> but after fixing that, i still have the same problem.
[06:15] <JThundley> well since you have /dev/video0 working, you should have the same settings as me
[06:16] <JThundley> let's make sure that your tuner settings are right
[06:16] <JThundley> I think all you have to do is tell it that tuner1 = /dev/video0
[06:17] <MythbuntuGuest09> yeah, in the input connections section, that is actually exactly what it says... i'm double-checking this...
[06:20] <MythbuntuGuest09> that all looks okay.  could it possibly be a video card issue?  maybe when it tries to do tv on the whole screen it's too much to handle, whereas the mplayer window is just fine?
[06:22] <JThundley> I think mythtv uses stuff similar to mplayer
[06:22] <JThundley> you can easily test this with mplayer though
[06:22] <MythbuntuGuest09> any other ideas?
[06:22] <JThundley> check this out....
[06:26] <JThundley> r i in xv x11 gl ; do mplayer -vo "$i" -fs /dev/video0 ; done
[06:26] <JThundley> for i in...
[06:26] <JThundley> run that, it'll mplayer your tuner 3 times with 3 different video output modes
[06:33] <MythbuntuGuest09> that seems to be working fine...
[06:34] <MythbuntuGuest09> although the 3rd resolution led to very choppy video
[06:34] <MythbuntuGuest09> unwatchably choppy
[06:39] <JThundley> yeah, we don't use gl though, don't worry about it
[06:39] <JThundley> xv is the one we use
[06:41] <MythbuntuGuest09> hmmm, i don't know what i should have under capture card setup / card type
[06:41] <MythbuntuGuest09> analog v4L for my haupt pvr-150?
[06:44] <MythbuntuGuest09> ok i see -- mpeg2... maybe that'll fix it... trying...
[06:45] <MythbuntuGuest09> yep, that did it... cool!!!! thanks for your help!
[06:51] <JThundley> theeeeere ya go
[06:52] <MythbuntuGuest09> ok i do have another question though.  i can see tv on my monitor (via VGA), but i still can't get the TV output back to my TV.  I have a video card that has s-video and vga output.  the s-vido one is the one i'm using, but i can't see any signal...
[06:53] <JThundley> you're in luck again, that's my setup
[06:53] <JThundley> the mythtv install was a little wonky detecting my TV
[06:53] <JThundley> so you can do what I did and just throw a new xorg config in there
[06:56] <JThundley> or use that mythbuntu control center thing to detect it, if it works it's easy to use
[06:56] <MythbuntuGuest09> the control center needs to detect my tv?  will this require me removing the vga connector that currently is plugged into my monitor?
[06:57] <MythbuntuGuest09> i've never even heard of xorg.  i'lll try the control center first.
[06:59] <JThundley> the control center can do it all for you
[07:00] <JThundley> xorg is the X window system, the program that gives you graphics and windows and a cursor and stuff
[07:02] <MythbuntuGuest09> ok i haven't yet found where to deal with this from within the control center... still looking...
[07:04] <JThundley> you know what, I don't think it's in there
[07:04] <JThundley> I thought it was
[07:05] <JThundley> are you using an nvidia graphics card?
[07:06] <MythbuntuGuest09> not sure.  what's the way to determine that?
[07:11] <JThundley> lspci | grep -i nv
[07:13] <MythbuntuGuest09> ok it is nvidia
[07:13] <MythbuntuGuest09> GeForce4 mx 420
[07:13] <JThundley> ok, good
[07:13] <JThundley> do me a favor and do this one too: lsmod | grep nvidia
[07:15] <MythbuntuGuest09> nothing with nvidia can be grepped -- lemme browse the lsmod output..
[07:16] <JThundley> if it didn't return anything, you don't have the module loaded
[07:16] <JThundley> so go enable it first, it can be done in the mythbuntu command center
[07:16] <JThundley> in manage proprietary drivers
[07:16] <MythbuntuGuest09> ok ... doing
[07:24] <MythbuntuGuest09> well, i haven't finished yet, but i'm hopeful.  sadly i have to go to bed, but thanks again for your help.  i really appreciate it.
[07:24] <MythbuntuGuest09> tttyl
[07:24] <JThundley> sure thing dude
[09:37] <stevetv> hi :)
[09:38] <stevetv> im having troubles with motion artifacts when watching live tv.. its very annoying
[09:38] <stevetv> and recordings
[09:39] <stevetv> but i dont have the problems using mplayer to watch videos... im guessing my problems are settings related in mythtv .. but ive tried so many combinations of settings im becoming frustrated
[09:40] <stevetv> using bob helps.. but also causes the image to become blurred.. which isnt suitable
[10:34] <stevetv> well.. ill keep playing :)
[12:16] <bjweeks> I'm running the trunk builds repo and the mythtv package is over a month old and it says there is no update. any way to fix this?
[13:10] <directhex|bsp> hmm @ http://psubuntu.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1427
[13:10] <directhex|bsp> wonder if colin read my article
[14:43] <cferriby> hello
[14:43] <cferriby> is any one here???
[14:52] <samson--> i'm here!
[14:52] <samson--> up! im up!
[15:54] <MythbuntuGuest92> hello
[16:09] <samson--> hello
[17:05] <MythbuntuGuest68> I have an older WinTV 878 card that Mythbuntu seems to detect alright. Problem is, when I try to "watch live tv" I get a black screen for a few seconds then back to the menu. I watched the output of running "mythtv" from the CLI and it says something about not being able to connect to the socket. Any ideas?
[17:07] <MythbuntuGuest68> I'm guessing this means it can't talk to the card properly but I'm not sure where to go from here.
[17:55] <Balachmar> Hi, mythfilldatabase is complaining about not getting to the url for the program information, but the computer has a internet connection and the webpage does exist and is accessible through firefox
[18:19] <bendailey> Balachmar: proxy?
[18:20] <Balachmar> bendailey: no, not that I know of
[18:21] <bendailey> do you have wget installed?
[18:21] <Balachmar> funny thing is, that urllib.urlopen(url) doesn't work with that url, eventhough I am able to open it in firefox
[18:21] <Balachmar> well, it is a python script
[18:21] <Balachmar> and previously it worked...
[18:22] <Balachmar> wget doesn't work on that url either!
[18:23] <Balachmar> strange... maybe they started blocking automatic downloading... ???
[18:23] <directhex> probably. what's the url?
[18:24] <Balachmar> http://www.tvgids.nl/zoeken/?trefwoord=Titel+of+trefwoord&interval=0&timeslot=&station=114&periode=5&genre=&order=0
[18:25] <directhex> it may well be anti-screen-scraping stuff on their server
[18:25] <bendailey> Balachmar: sorry that you were using the default mythfilldatabase program
[18:26] <Balachmar> bendailey: the default doesn't support epg in the netherlands
[18:27] <bendailey> Balachmar: yep understand and was thoughtful enough to ask where you were
[18:29] <Balachmar> ??
[18:51] <samson--> MythbuntuGuest68: have you tried a 'cat /dev/<video device> > /tmp/outputfile.mpg' for a few seconds and then 'mplayer /tmp/outputfile.mpg' to see if your tuner works without mythtv?
[19:05] <MythbuntuGuest68> Samson, no I haven't tried that. I will asap. Thanks for the info.
[20:12] <Sjors> hi, i'm having trouble connecting from a new frontend system to an existing system (FE+BE). I can connect with mysql (mysql -u mythtv -h 192.168.2.11 -p mythtv, where 192.168.2.11 is the IP address of my backend system). The problem is that mythfrontend says it cannot connect to the master backend, which is set to 192.168.2.11. Any ideas where to look?
[21:06] <Ava-> guys when I use the default packages for ubuntu fiesty, when I play a dvd or xvid it isn't passing focus for my remote
[21:06] <Ava-> I have to switch to internal player to get it to work
[21:07] <Ava-> I am using the ubuntu frontend.
[21:57] <MythbuntuGuest55> is grub included? dual boot?
[22:00] <pdragon> grub is the bootloader, yes
[22:01] <MythbuntuGuest55> thanks
[22:45] <williammanda> Did the nvidia driver - pink screen issue get resolved?
[23:13] <MythbuntuGuest60> good morning
[23:18] <MythbuntuGuest60> to switch the TV channels i normaly should be able to do this by using the arrow keys? or not?
[23:19] <MythbuntuGuest60> in the program guide  i also can select the channels, but can´t make them active by pressing enter.
[23:20] <MythbuntuGuest60> got 2 analogue TV cards (PCI) working - but there is still the switching problem.
[23:48] <MythbuntuGuest60> bye