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rhpot1991gig you didn't enable transcoding on the backend00:09
rhpot1991there is a checkbox when you run the setup for the backend to allow it to transcode00:09
LotharTBLrhpot1991 all is working. Next task is installing the remote to work00:19
rhpot1991excelent00:20
LotharTBLalso when I view the weather from mythtv its fine, but in mythweb it hasn't updated?00:21
rhpot1991yep00:21
rhpot1991I have seen some people saying you can hack it up a little in there and get it work, but is it really worth it?00:21
LotharTBLany way to force an update? or is it cron driven?00:21
rhpot1991I mean its just as easy to go to weather.com00:21
rhpot1991it should update when you access it I think00:21
LotharTBLwell finally got it running and want to make a big splash with the wifey00:22
rhpot1991it seems sometimes the feed is out dated00:22
rhpot1991search around some, I saw people saying they got radar working in mythweb00:22
LotharTBLcool cool00:22
rhpot1991I'd poke at it but I have other things that are more important to me (netflix and ipod exports)00:22
LotharTBLlol00:22
rhpot1991I gotta run and do some things, I'll be around later00:22
LotharTBLok I'll see what I can do00:23
LotharTBLs/mythweb/modules/weather/init.php00:25
LotharTBLdamn it lol00:25
LotharTBLok install question. I am currently running off of the live CD. I would like to install mythbuntu as a dual boot onto a machine we have that currently is running windows. Can it install that way?00:25
LotharTBLI expect I will see a lot of speed increase as its Slooooooooooooow off the CD00:26
directhexremember when dual booting nothing will record if it's not booted into the right os00:28
nettow0822hey tgm488300:37
nettow08220x10.....is this an integer...if so does it =4 or 5?00:39
nettow0822if not could you explain it?00:39
tgm4883well IIRC thats hex00:40
tgm4883so it could be an integer00:40
tgm4883in decimal it is 1600:42
nettow0822well back to this lirc issue.....the parameter is mask=0x10.....it set the channel id to 500:44
MythbuntuGuest39How can I make mythweb give me links to download shows like this http://jensdvr/mythweb/pl/stream/1042/1197388800 and not like this myth://192.168.0.230:6543/1069_20071122120000.nuv?00:46
nettow0822http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/2654/     look at this00:46
MythbuntuGuest39How can I make mythweb give me links to download shows like this http://jensdvr/mythweb/pl/stream/1042/1197388800 and not like this myth://192.168.0.230:6543/1069_20071122120000.nuv?01:38
MythbuntuGuest97hi all - I just got my install running, but remote frontend can't connect.  the frontend on the frontend/backend machine will only connect with the loopback address, not the external IP. in backend configuration, i've got the external IP specified in the "hostname" field.  any ideas?01:54
savageonehowdie folks03:56
savageoneanyone here messed with linuxmce?03:56
tgm4883_laptopsavageone, a little04:02
foxbuntutgm4883_laptop, evening04:02
tgm4883_laptopfoxbuntu, hi04:03
foxbuntutgm4883_laptop, did you get your list done?04:04
tgm4883_laptopalmost, i'm looking at some projectors right now04:05
foxbuntucool04:05
savageonewell I'm using it now04:06
foxbuntusavageone, hows it working for you?04:06
savageoneI'm messing with myhtbundu also04:06
savageoneit's alright04:06
savageoneit's got a lot of nice features but there's a lot of stuff that'[s not quite there yet04:06
savageoneit's coming along04:06
foxbuntusavageone, thats about what I have heard about it04:07
savageonethey're focusing a lot on the home automation stuff it seems04:07
foxbuntusavageone, yes...we are focused on MythTV and Ubuntu04:07
savageoneI just wish both projects had more emphasis on media collection, like ripping dvds reliably and copying downloaded media over etc04:07
savageoneit's possible on both but it's not always really user friendly04:07
savageonemore like an afterthoght04:07
savageonethought hehe04:07
savageoneI'm installing mythtv abd ubuntu on the same bix04:08
savageonebox04:08
savageonesort of testing both04:08
tgm4883_laptopimho, linuxmce should focus on the home automation stuff, and use working mythtv rather than doing it all themselves04:08
foxbuntusavageone, well...not that anyone wouldn't like it make it better...but it could draw attention from the wrong places04:08
savageoneI'm upgrading from an old knoppmyth box04:08
tgm4883_laptopfoxbuntu, aparently linuxmce 0710 has fixed a lot of stuff04:09
savageoneit does use mythtv04:09
tgm4883_laptopshould be released soon04:09
savageoneI'm going to be installing the 2 on a seperate drive so I can switch between them easily04:09
foxbuntutgm4883_laptop, you considering that route then over mr house?04:10
tgm4883_laptopsavageone, right, but what im saying is that instead of focusing development time on mythtv, they could focuse that on the other stuff04:10
savageoneoh I agree04:10
savageoneI honestly don't know what happens most in terms of their development efforts04:10
tgm4883_laptopfoxbuntu, im thinking about it, the thing is that the equipment should be able to use either04:10
savageoneI hang out in the chat room but it's not like I'm involved or anything hehe04:10
tgm4883_laptopsavageone, it seems that some things are a little unorganized04:11
foxbuntutgm4883_laptop, correct...in the end I don't think it matter much either way04:11
tgm4883_laptopi agree04:11
foxbuntutgm4883_laptop, its all about how user friendly each is and how easily to manage they are04:11
tgm4883_laptopyes, both will do what i want04:11
savageoneI'm trying to find a commercially viable platform honestly04:12
tgm4883_laptopsavageone, for what?04:12
* foxbuntu smiles04:12
savageoneand plutohome and the whole fiire thing, with the gyration remotes and all that craziness looks awesome04:12
savageoneand then there's all these youtube videos04:12
savageonemakes it look amazing04:12
tgm4883_laptopvery true04:12
savageonebut honestly, it's just hard to turn it into something I can sell to a customer on ym hardware04:12
foxbuntusavageone, where are you located?04:13
tgm4883_laptopsavageone, it would be extremely difficult to do that for home automation04:13
tgm4883_laptopimho04:13
savageoneI sell hardware and I'm in an area where people want this tpye of technology but it's just hard to make happen on that sort of scale04:13
savageoneI'm in CT04:13
foxbuntusavageone, cool04:13
savageonethe home automation stuff is pretty straight forward honestly04:13
savageoneas long as you work with the hardware they recommend, which is a decent list of stuff04:13
foxbuntusavageone, I actually am dedicating a business to MythTV and Home Automation04:13
savageoneare ya naow04:14
savageonewe should speak04:14
foxbuntuI am always looking for good business partners and opertunities04:14
foxbuntuI also happen to be a dev for this project04:14
savageonefantastic04:15
savageonewell in my world it's a little late and approximately bedtime04:15
savageonebut if you'll email me some contact information, I'd like to talk to you and see what you've got happenign software wise and hardware wise and see if it's something that'll help me accomplish my goals04:16
foxbuntusavageone, I am always around...if you want to talk more..PM me sometime04:16
savageoneyou'll always in the channel alrighty04:16
savageonewhat software setup are you using04:16
savageonemythbuntu?04:16
foxbuntuyes04:16
savageoneor are you installing ubuntu and then installing mythtv04:16
foxbuntuwith a few customizations04:16
savageoneor is it sort of the same thing04:16
foxbuntusavageone, same thing04:17
savageoneare you able to license legally in the us for dvd playback?04:17
savageoneand ripping and all that04:17
foxbuntusavageone, I am working that over with my legal advisor04:17
foxbuntuits a sticky subject, but working it out04:17
savageoneI need my cusotmers to be able to have the choice of ripping a dvd as an iso if they want the original quality, or ripping to divx or xvid to have a nice 700mb movie that people are into these days04:17
tgm4883_laptopyou might have trouble ripping to an iso04:18
savageoneit doesn't have to be an iso, but like a direct rip04:18
tgm4883_laptopbecause of the dmca04:18
tgm4883_laptopany ripping04:18
savageoneeven if it rips it to a folder and plays the vobs or whatever04:18
savageoneI was able to w/ knoppmyth04:18
savageoneI believe all I had to do was install decss04:18
tgm4883_laptopsavageone, i meant legally04:18
foxbuntusavageone, ripping is a sore topic on the legal side04:19
savageonewell yeah04:19
savageoneyou're supposed to be able to make one archival backup of any media you have04:19
savageonethat doesn't make ripping a blockbuster movie is legal04:19
foxbuntusavageone, they changed the legal standing on that04:19
savageonebut it does mean that since there is one legitimate legal use for it, it should legal to have it a feature on a device04:20
foxbuntuits not legal to even rip a DVD you legally own04:20
savageonethat's fucking ridiculous04:20
tgm4883_laptopcause of the dmca04:20
savageonethe whole situaiton makes me angry04:20
foxbuntusavageone, your telling me04:20
tgm4883_laptopit's legal to backup the disk, but not legal to rip it, so if you can somehow make a direct copy, then I think your ok04:20
foxbuntu:)04:20
savageoneif I own the damned movie I should be able to chose how I want it stored04:21
savageoneall I know is the software is there to do it04:21
savageoneit'd be nice if the features were there04:21
savageoneand in the interest of true freedom04:21
foxbuntutgm4883_laptop, Im not sure, but I think they said thats a no no too now04:21
savageoneit just came up and said "hey this feature might not be legal in your country" sort of warning and you click the "who gives a shit" button and you're all set04:21
tgm4883_laptopfoxbuntu, I think it's all covered under fair use04:21
tgm4883_laptopyou can make the backup, but you can't rip out the encryption04:22
foxbuntusavageone, yeah...but thats how several other programs got crushed in the market04:22
tgm4883_laptopand since there is no burner available that will burn the encryption04:22
foxbuntutgm4883_laptop, I get what you are saying...04:22
tgm4883_laptopyour SOL04:22
foxbuntuthat might be legal...but ^^04:23
savageonewell there are mathods to megally license stuff w/ linux04:23
savageoneI mean dvd playback and ripping and all that can be done on a dozen legal windows programs04:23
savageonethat are commercial04:23
savageoneso it needs to be just as legal for linux04:23
tgm4883_laptopsavageone, which ones?04:23
savageonefor windows?04:24
tgm4883_laptopyea04:24
savageonefirst off, a lot of video editing suites do it04:24
savageonepremiere and all that04:24
savageoneand then there's a bunch of ones that'll backup to isos and compress and all that04:24
savageonedvdxcopy04:24
savageonedvdshrink04:24
tgm4883_laptopum04:24
savageonedvdshrink is free04:24
tgm4883_laptopi hate to break it to you04:24
savageonebut they were selling xcopy at staples04:24
tgm4883_laptopbut those aren't legal04:24
foxbuntuxcopy was sued and lost04:25
savageonedvdxcopy was at staples04:25
savageonedamn04:25
savageonegod bless america04:25
foxbuntushrink is illegal thus it is no longer hosted on US Based servers04:25
tgm4883_laptopand also notice that dvddecryptor is no longer available04:25
tgm4883_laptopshrink is no longer availble really04:26
tgm4883_laptopand I'm pretty sure the video editing suites that your talking about doesn't do it either04:26
savageoneunless the verisons I have are from before the laws changed04:26
savageoneright now I'm half asleep04:27
savageonei need to catch some zs04:27
foxbuntunight savageone04:27
savageonenight04:27
skwashdhi all06:09
skwashdi keep on getting can't connect to the database errors06:09
skwashdi have tested with the mysql cli and the connection works06:09
superm1rm ~/.mythtv06:10
skwashdsuperm1: tried that06:10
superm1skwashd, well then make sure /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt is right06:10
superm1and make sure there is no /home/mythtv/.mythtv too06:10
skwashdok06:11
skwashdsuperm1: still no go06:13
skwashdi have been using the password from /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt in mythtv-setup and in my cli tests06:14
superm1this is a remote machine connecting?06:14
skwashdnope06:14
skwashdlocal06:14
superm1okay is mythbackend starting correctly?06:14
skwashdbut i have granted remote access too06:14
skwashdit is returning status code 0 .. and there is no errors outputted06:15
superm1how are you starting it?06:15
superm1via init script i hope?06:16
skwashdyes06:16
superm1then look at the log06:16
superm1/var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log06:16
skwashdlemme ssh to the box so i can c+p anything which looks dodgy06:18
superm1how were you checking that there was no ~/.mythtv06:19
superm1and no /home/mythtv/.mythtv?06:19
skwashdrm -Rf ~/.mythtv ~mythtv/.mythtv06:21
skwashdthat with a sudo ay tyhe front06:22
superm1ok'06:22
skwashdthe log looks ok06:22
superm1okay so how are you starting the frontend?06:22
skwashd2007-12-12 17:20:36.396 New DB connection, total: 206:22
skwashd2007-12-12 17:20:36.398 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost06:22
skwashdthe only problem i can see is this06:23
skwashdERROR: no valid capture cards are defined in the database.06:23
skwashdPerhaps you should read the installation instructions?06:23
skwashdwhich can be fixed by running mythtv-setup06:23
superm1right06:23
superm1so where's the issue?06:23
skwashdrunning mythtv-setup06:24
skwashdi get db connection errors06:24
superm1how are you launching it?06:24
skwashdno matter how many times i run it06:24
skwashdtried through the menu option and the console06:24
superm1can you pastebin the output of running it?06:24
skwashdnot easily ... i am using vnc to connect to the box ... it is in another room ... and doesn't have an irc client on it06:25
superm1mythtv-setup | tee log,out06:25
superm1and then cp log.out06:25
skwashdnm ... forgot about ssh -X  :)06:26
skwashdsuperm1: http://pastebin.ca/81305306:29
superm1you didn't launch with sudo correct?06:30
skwashdright06:31
superm1can you see if after this was ran, a ~/.mythtv/mysql.txt was made?06:31
skwashdsuperm1: i finally found the problem06:33
superm1?06:33
skwashdfor some reason if you have mysql.txt in ~/ mythtv will use it06:33
superm1isn't that what i said06:33
superm1to remove ~/.mythtv06:33
skwashdi had moved the ~/.mythtv/mysql.txt earlier today06:33
skwashdno06:33
superm1i dont understand, so you didn't run that command like you had said to rm it?06:34
superm1or what happened here?06:34
skwashdsorry superm1 someone came to the door06:39
skwashdthere was a file ~/mysql.txt ... and mythtv was using it06:40
superm1that's surprising that that is a valid file too06:40
superm1i didnt recall seeing that in the source06:40
skwashdit was using it06:40
skwashdi will run a strace later06:40
skwashdrunning setup now06:40
skwashdand file a bug report if it is the case06:41
superm1okay well i'm headed to bed06:41
superm1night06:41
skwashdcya06:41
skwashdand thanks06:41
rhpot1991are there logs of this chat anywhere?14:55
padanhow far back do you need?  my scroll window probably goes a day or so14:55
rhpot1991I'm just wondering if they exist on the interweb anywhere14:56
padanno clue14:56
padansorry14:56
rhpot1991alright14:56
wild_oscaris it possible to run the mythtv backend and frontend from the livecd?15:27
wild_oscarjust to test it15:28
wild_oscarwith mythbuntu, that is15:30
rhpot1991not that I know of, kinda hard to store all that data in ram15:33
wild_oscarwhat is the "live CD frontend" for then?15:35
rhpot1991you use that to connect to an existing backend15:39
rhpot1991you can do a test run that like, but you need a backend somewhere to connect to15:39
wild_oscarah15:45
tgm4883!logs | rhpot199116:23
uboturhpot1991: Channel logs can be found at http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/ - Logs for LoCo channels are at http://logs.ubuntu-eu.org/freenode/16:23
rhpot1991nice, thanks16:24
rhpot1991tgm4883: did you see what the problem was with that guy who we were helping with his mysql connection yesterday?16:26
rhpot1991also, does dev get logged, I'd be interested to see what goes on in the meetings since I haven't been able to make it to one yet16:31
tgm4883no, dev is not logged16:32
zubuntuok, so i have now got a working backend, and I want to make my laptop a frontend I have installed the mythTV packages on my laptop via Add/Remove programs16:46
zubuntuI set the system roles to no backend/frontend16:47
zubuntunow i need to configure it to connect to the backend machine16:47
zubuntuI hane matched the settings in the section MythTV Configuration to the location of the database on my backend, and the test fails16:48
zubuntuthe ip address should be that of the computer I am connecting to , and the password the one i set on my backend correct?16:49
zubuntuhelp.......?16:52
zubuntui am going to lunch i will be back after, hope someone can help16:54
alexvdI am having issues with channel icons.  I ran tv_grab_na_icons and it asked for the zipcode but then when I selected directv it killed itself after a while.  I then tried antenna and it tried to download to a directory but it said it did not exist.  What is the proper way to get channel icons?17:25
zubuntuhello17:50
zubuntui am trying to connect my frontend to my backend, and I am not sure why it won't17:51
zubuntuplease help me17:51
tgm4883zubuntu, on the backend machine, did you enable the mysql service in mythbuntu-control-centre17:53
zubuntuyes17:54
zubuntuwait, i guess not17:55
zubuntuit still says disabled, but i tried to17:55
tgm4883hmm17:55
tgm4883thats strange17:55
tgm4883you hit apply after doing so?17:55
zubuntuyes, but it crashed, it is enabled now let me try it17:56
zubuntuok in mythTV configuration i still get a "test failed"17:57
tgm4883ok, which password are you using to connect?17:58
zubuntuin the fronend, i entered the same password that it gives me on the backend17:58
tgm4883not the user password, right?17:59
zubuntuthe DB password17:59
tgm4883hmm17:59
zubuntuwas generated by the system during install...17:59
tgm4883right17:59
tgm4883is this a default mythbuntu install?18:01
zubuntuprobably a stupid question, but when I enter the ip address of the machine i want to connect what ip should i use (ie i am using what the system gives me when i enter ifconfig)18:01
tgm4883you should be using the private ip address, ie 192.168.x.x18:02
zubuntuthe backend is a default install (off a mythbuntu iso) the frontend is my main machine with mythtv packages installed via ADD/REMOVE programs18:02
zubuntuwait, hold on a sec, what ports does mythbuntu use?18:04
tgm4883does the backend have a frontend on it also?18:04
zubuntuyeah18:04
tgm4883and that frontend works fine?18:05
zubuntuyes18:05
zubuntui think i may just need to create a rule permitting it in iptables18:06
zubuntuwhere can i look up the ports it is set to use?18:06
tgm4883mythtv uses 6544 and 654318:07
tgm4883and mysql uses 330618:07
tgm4883http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-3.html18:08
zubuntuhmmm opened those ports for that ip, and still fails18:10
zubuntuon a possibly unrelated note, I also can't seem to activate NFS service on my backend it tries. but mythbuntu control center quits before any packages are downloaded18:19
rhpot1991can you ping the backend and connect to it with the mysql command?18:22
zubuntui have pinged successfully, what is the command to log into mysql remotely?18:23
zubuntumysql 192.168.xxx.xxx?18:24
zubuntusorry i don't know much about mysql...18:25
rhpot1991mysql -u <username> -h <IP here>18:31
rhpot1991should prompt you for a password hopefully18:31
zubuntuthat would be the user name on the backend for the mysql DB right?18:31
rhpot1991ya18:32
rhpot1991normally mythtv18:32
zubuntuERROR 2003 (HY000): Can't connect to MySQL server on '192.168.XXX.XXX' (111)18:33
rhpot1991did you fill xxx in with numbers?18:34
rhpot1991or did you actually type xxx18:34
zubuntulol yeah i used the numbers when i entered it i just didn't post them in here18:34
tgm4883zubuntu, on your backend, can you do this18:37
tgm4883cat /etc/mysql/conf.d/mythtv.cnf18:37
tgm4883and post the output18:37
zubuntuok18:37
rhpot1991also check /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt and make sure the password you are using matches the one in there18:37
rhpot1991thats on your backend now18:38
zubuntuoh jeeze it says "bind-address=0.0.0.0"18:38
zubuntubut on the plus side, the password i have been using is correct18:39
tgm4883hmm18:41
tgm4883i was hoping that would be wrong and then we could fix it18:41
zubuntuthat is what it should be?18:42
zubuntuthe bind-address i mean18:42
tgm4883yep18:42
rhpot1991it seems like a mysql issue18:42
rhpot1991maybe check to see if the mysql ports are open with a scan, though I don't know what the ports are18:43
zubuntuok, so i did a port scan of the backend, and it says that 2442 6543 and 6544 are open plus the regular stuff (80 etc)18:45
rhpot1991google says 3306 for mysql18:48
rhpot1991try sudo /etc/init.d/mysql restart18:49
rhpot1991then scan it again18:49
zubuntuport scans as open, but still fails test :(18:54
rhpot1991same error?18:55
rhpot1991did you try the mysql command?18:55
zubuntunew error!18:56
zubuntuERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'mythtv'@'192.168.200.108' (using password: NO)18:56
zubuntuwoops forgot tocensor that18:56
directhexcensor what?18:57
zubuntumy ip18:57
directhex192.168.0.0 is a class c private network18:57
directhexit's impossible to reach it outside your network18:57
zubuntuoh18:58
directhexsee RFC 191818:58
rhpot1991ya18:58
zubuntuwell live and learn i guess18:58
rhpot1991zubuntu: is it prompting you for a password?18:58
zubuntuno18:59
rhpot1991try this instead: mysql -u <user> -p -h <IP>18:59
zubuntuok, i was able to connect19:00
rhpot1991ok mysql is fine now, try the test again19:00
zubuntustill reports failure19:01
zubuntunevermind19:02
rhpot1991good?19:02
zubuntusuccess19:02
rhpot1991excelent19:02
zubuntuthank you for your time and patience19:02
rhpot1991sure, no problem19:03
zubuntuok i have on more question, although everything is working fine now, is it possible to connect to this backend remotely (over the web) when i am on another network?19:08
tgm4883zubuntu, not to watch shows19:09
tgm4883the connection would be too slow19:09
zubuntubut in theory...19:09
tgm4883yes19:09
tgm4883with a little more setup19:09
tgm4883although im not sure if it would pass certain legal tests19:10
rhpot1991zubuntu: what is the purpose of connecting like that?19:10
rhpot1991you can do most everything you need with mythweb19:10
zubuntui have a huge library of dvd rips and i wanted to be able to stream to my laptop19:11
zubuntui own all the dvd's...19:11
rhpot1991buy a portable hard drive19:11
tgm4883yea, thats not happening19:11
rhpot1991keep them on there, and carry it with you19:11
rhpot1991you could share out the folder over http and password protect it, but good luck with those xfer times19:12
zubuntuthey don't make large enough portable hard drives... i mean a HUGE collection...19:12
rhpot1991I have a 1TB mybook now19:12
rhpot1991will hold a ton of movies19:12
rhpot1991tgm4883: what legal issues do you see?19:13
rhpot1991if its password protected and not available to the public I don't see any problems19:14
tgm4883thats the key19:14
tgm4883same why you have to password protect mythweb19:14
tgm4883because of the channel data19:14
rhpot1991if he comes in here and says X.X.X.X has 50 gigs of pr0n, then there is another issue19:14
zubuntuwell i have no interest in sharing out to the general population...19:14
zubuntulol and i don't have any pr0n19:15
rhpot1991zubuntu: it would still be unwatchable unless you had 2 incredibly good interweb connections19:15
zubuntuhmmm i was afraid of that19:15
rhpot1991but you could get away with sharing them over http and download it and watching a few hours later19:15
rhpot1991I think someone had the 1TB mybook for $250 this week19:16
zubuntu0_019:16
zubuntuwow19:16
tgm4883zubuntu, do you live in korea?19:17
rhpot1991http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=205761335&adid=17653&dcaid=1765319:17
zubuntulol no, although i am looking at verizon's FiOS when they come to my area... 2Mbps symmetrical19:17
rhpot1991I should prob stop making assumption I'm talking to people from america in here19:17
zubuntu*sorry thats 20Mbps19:17
rhpot1991Isn't it 2019:17
rhpot1991ya19:17
* zubuntu is a poor typist19:18
tgm488320 should be enough, but you will need that at both ends19:18
rhpot1991you might be able to steam over that19:18
rhpot1991I haven't heard anything about verizon expanding that though19:18
rhpot1991I'll prob jump to fios when I move, enough of this comcast garbage19:19
zubuntuthe had a rep in my local best buy recently swearing it was coming19:19
rhpot1991heh, believe it when you see it19:19
rhpot1991they will tell you anything juts to get you to sign up19:19
* rhpot1991 used to work at circuit city19:20
zubuntutoo true19:22
rhpot1991CC has a 750gb mybook for 21919:23
zubuntuCC?19:23
zubuntuoh circuit city...19:24
* zubuntu slaps his forehead19:24
rhpot1991ya19:25
rhpot1991I can't find where I saw that 1TB on sale, might have been last week19:25
zubuntuany particular reason you favor mybook rhpot1991 ?19:30
rhpot1991cause I got one on BF for $20019:31
rhpot1991the segate ones carry a better warranty (I think), but I haven't seen anything over 500gb on sale19:32
zubuntuI have a seagate now, but it is nearly full and i still have movies to rip19:33
rhpot1991you can get another and LVM them19:33
rhpot1991I'd be a little afraid of that though19:34
rhpot1991this drive gets flaky sometimes, and needs to get unplugged19:34
zubuntuhmmm yeah i have expended a lot of time filling a 350GB drive19:34
zubuntuhahahahahahahahaha19:47
zubuntui was jsut moving content to my backend, from my external drive, and the HD in the backend failed19:47
zubuntuso much for testing it out19:47
rhpot1991sucky19:49
zubuntui was transferring over 300   THIS IS BOOT FAILURE!!!!!!!19:51
rhpot1991huh?19:52
zubuntuthe movie 300... about the spartans19:52
rhpot1991ya, I know that, didn't get the boot failure yelling19:53
zubuntuhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yddMQ6eXqEk19:53
rhpot1991eh, at work19:53
zubuntuthe screen went blank so i rebooted , and now i have BOOT FAILURE: SYSTEM HALTED19:53
rhpot1991sounds like data corruption, perhaps your HD is on the fritz19:54
zubuntuon my screen all i could think of when i saw it was that scene where he kicks the persian messenger into the big pit19:54
zubuntuyeah i pulled it out of an old 98 machine giving the same error i figure the drive is a bust if it fails again after 1 day of use19:55
rhpot1991go buy a shiny new huge sata drive for that backend19:55
rhpot1991a lot of places have had a 750gb segate sata model on sale recently (I browse the hard drives often, can't you tell?)19:56
zubuntuyeah19:56
zubuntumaybe when i recover from the holiday expenditures...19:56
* zubuntu is a poor college student19:56
zubuntu:(19:57
rhpot1991enjoy it19:57
rhpot1991I used to be, now I am a poor every day worker19:57
rhpot1991I miss the days when I didn't have to worry about rent or bills19:58
zubuntulol i love college, just not being poor19:58
zubuntuwell too poor for toys19:58
KjetilKI'm setting up a Hauppauge PVR-150 remote20:27
KjetilKI've read the manual, which talks a lot about the blaster function, which I intend to use, but first I want to make it work with the normal functions20:28
KjetilKI've installed the firmware, but now I notice that there is a /etc/lirc/hauppauge dir on my system20:29
rhpot1991KjetilK: are you using MCC?20:29
rhpot1991or doing it by hand20:29
KjetilKthat is, that's in share, but I've symlinked it, since I have a hardware.conf, that referencing it20:29
KjetilKrhpot1991: doing it by hand20:29
rhpot1991why not use MCC?20:30
KjetilKrhpot1991: it is more convenient to sit on my workstation than in front of the TV :-)20:30
KjetilKanyway, I've first used the MCC20:31
rhpot1991well you could forward X, but if you prefer to do it by hand then this method works well for the pvr's: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Install_Lirc_Feisty20:31
rhpot1991I set mine up using that20:31
* KjetilK looks20:31
rhpot1991thats for fiesty, so it might be a little different now, but you will get the idea of where things go, should be good enough20:32
KjetilKhmmm, right20:33
KjetilKwell, I guess if MCC could do the job, it would be preferable after all :-)20:34
rhpot1991MCC will put the files where they need to be, and you can customize from there20:34
KjetilKbut all I seemed to be able to do with MCC was to say it was a Hauppauge20:34
KjetilKhmmm20:34
KjetilKok, I'll give it another shot20:34
* KjetilK needs another keyboard... :-)20:34
rhpot1991its a pvr150?20:35
rhpot1991with the hauppauge grey remote?20:35
KjetilKrhpot1991: yup, it is a pvr15021:04
KjetilKbut I wouldn't know how to really tell the difference between a grey and a silver one...21:05
KjetilKit is relatively dark, so I guess it could be a grey one21:05
rhpot1991prob21:05
rhpot1991under remote control on MCC, you are gonna want: Remote Happauge TV card21:06
rhpot1991driver: happauge21:06
rhpot1991module: lirc_i2c21:06
KjetilKyup, did that...21:06
rhpot1991most of the buttons should do something after that21:07
KjetilKthat is, I couldn't influence the parameters21:07
rhpot1991feel free to adjust as you need21:07
KjetilKhmmm21:07
KjetilKI wonder if I messed up something else, then...21:07
KjetilKnone of the files in /etc/lirc has been influenced by the changes I made in MCC21:08
KjetilKis that a Bad Sign21:08
KjetilK?21:08
rhpot1991what happens if you run irw21:09
rhpot1991then hit buttons on the remote?21:09
KjetilKnothing21:09
KjetilKtried that too21:09
KjetilKbut I quit MythTV when I tried it21:09
rhpot1991do sudo /etc/init.d/lirc reload21:10
rhpot1991then sudo /etc/init.d/lirc restart ( shouldn't be needed, but why not)21:10
KjetilKdone21:10
KjetilK:-)21:10
rhpot1991and then fire up irw again and see if you get anything21:10
KjetilKok21:10
* KjetilK walks to the living room21:10
KjetilKnope, nothing21:13
KjetilKbut there is something potentially interesting in my syslog21:14
rhpot1991go on21:14
rhpot1991MCC prob didn't have the rights to overwrite some files that you created21:14
rhpot1991I'd back them up and remove them and try via MCC again21:14
KjetilKis it supposed to write in /etc/lirc?21:14
rhpot1991the fact that its not yelling when you start irw is good, prob just the hardware.config thats messed up21:14
rhpot1991I think so21:15
KjetilKok21:15
rhpot1991either lircd.config or hardware.config21:15
rhpot1991both I think21:15
KjetilKoh, ok21:16
KjetilKI'll try to run it from my workstation as root21:16
rhpot1991just back them up and remove them and try again with MCC21:16
rhpot1991shouldn't matter21:16
rhpot1991whats in syslog?21:16
* KjetilK is old fashioned and likes a root user :-)21:16
rhpot1991sudo does the same for you21:17
KjetilKyup, but with five more keystrokes :-)21:17
rhpot1991so be it21:18
KjetilK:-)21:18
KjetilKit did throw me an exception, probably not a dangerous though21:19
KjetilKhmmm21:20
KjetilKit doesn't create any files...21:20
rhpot1991are you clicking apply?21:20
KjetilKhttp://pastebin.ubuntu.com/2667/21:20
KjetilKyup, and I got that exception21:21
rhpot1991hmmm that I'm not sure about actually21:21
KjetilKnow its halted at "Configuring Application Specific Remote Buttons"21:21
superm1um please be careful running mcc as root21:21
superm1it drops permissions in certain areas21:22
superm1and expects to be able to21:22
KjetilKhmmm, ok21:22
superm1you cant generate application specific buttons for example21:22
superm1oh haha like you just tried :)21:22
KjetilK:-D21:22
KjetilKOK, so that was a bad idea :-)21:22
rhpot1991sudo wins21:22
KjetilKokai, okai21:23
* KjetilK taps fingers... :-)21:26
KjetilKhardware.conf has been touched but is 0 bytes21:26
KjetilKnow says "Configuring Remote Control"21:27
KjetilKAnyway, the stuff I saw in my syslog, was lines like21:28
KjetilKDec 12 21:57:42 tigger kernel: [ 3892.922050] /build/buildd/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-2.6.22/debian/build/build-generic/media/lirc/lirc_imon/lirc_imon.c: IR port closed21:28
KjetilKit seemed to open and close the IR port pretty randomly21:29
KjetilKcould this be a Bad Thing?21:29
KjetilKroot@tigger:/etc/lirc> cat hardware.conf21:35
KjetilKREMOTE="Hauppauge TV card"21:35
KjetilKMODULES="lirc_dev lirc_i2c"21:35
KjetilKDRIVER=""21:35
KjetilKLIRCD_CONF="hauppauge/lircd.conf.hauppauge"21:35
KjetilKI hope five lines was bearable...21:35
KjetilKthat looks right, right?21:36
rhpot1991ya that looks good21:37
KjetilKok21:37
KjetilKbut there is currently no hauppauge dir in my /etc/lirc21:37
KjetilKlircd.conf.hauppauge is in /usr/share/lirc/remotes/hauppauge/21:38
KjetilKwhat's lircmd, I don't have a conf for that...?21:39
rhpot1991mine is empty too21:39
rhpot1991I think it might be accessing: /usr/share/lirc/remotes/hauppauge/lircd.conf.hauppauge21:40
rhpot1991did MCC finish everything?21:40
KjetilKok, it was the Lirc Mouse Protocol21:40
KjetilKyup, it did now21:40
guyvdb_What is "the best" capture card to get? I am looking to use a slightly older box so i want the MPEG processing on the card. Pref a Hauppauge card, but which one? 250, 350?21:40
rhpot1991reload and restart lirc21:40
rhpot1991then try irw again21:40
KjetilKok21:41
rhpot1991I have a 150 and a 35021:41
rhpot1991350 I bought first cause of the output, but I no longer use it21:41
rhpot1991500 has dual tuners21:43
guyvdb_what do you use for output (video) now?21:43
rhpot1991http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Category:Video_capture_cards21:44
rhpot1991nvidia graphics cards21:44
guyvdb_yea, i have been reading the wiki on this21:44
rhpot1991component out on one, composite out on another21:44
guyvdb_and what s-video?21:44
KjetilKrhpot1991: still nothing :-(21:44
guyvdb_ahh21:44
rhpot1991still getting those messages in syslog21:45
rhpot1991?21:45
guyvdb_and then how about ir - i think transceiver. I must control my sat tv box via ir21:45
rhpot1991the retial pvr150's come with an ir receiver/blaster anymore21:46
rhpot1991KjetilK: dmesg |grep lirc, does that show anything?21:47
KjetilKrhpot1991: yeah... http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/2668/21:47
KjetilKrhpot1991: same thing, IR port closing and opening21:47
rhpot1991this may seem stupid, but did you make sure the IR cable is plugged all the way in?21:49
KjetilKrhpot1991: yeah, I just checked :-)21:49
KjetilKthe jack is a bit close to the side of the slot, so there is a potential for problems there though...21:50
KjetilKI remember reading in the mythtv wiki that there were differences between the silver and the grey remote21:50
KjetilKshould both work now?21:51
rhpot1991my IR cable has a chip out of the one corner, so you face that corner towards the slot and it fits snug21:51
KjetilKhmmm, I'll check that once again21:51
rhpot1991not sure, I only have the grey and a one4all that I programmed with the grey keys21:51
rhpot1991home time, I might be around later if you don't get it working by the21:55
rhpot1991then21:55
rhpot1991good luck21:55
alexvdI am having issues with channel icons.  I ran tv_grab_na_icons and it asked for the zipcode but then when I selected directv it killed itself after a while.  I then tried antenna and it tried to download to a directory but it said it did not exist.  What is the proper way to get channel icons?22:52
alexvdrhpot199122:53
alexvdrhpot1991 are you still around and have your channel icons installed22:54
rhpot1991that I am22:55
rhpot1991did it work when you entered your zip code?22:55
alexvdnope22:55
rhpot1991I never got it to work22:55
alexvdit tried to then said killed22:55
alexvdshot22:55
alexvdshoot22:55
rhpot1991I think (its been a while) I used the master icon map file22:55
alexvdi think it has to do with the directory it goes to install22:55
rhpot1991to get them22:55
rhpot1991its missing a few, but I don't care that much22:56
alexvdmkiconmap.p22:56
alexvdyeah22:56
alexvdthat was pointing to the old icon puller22:56
alexvdand didnt work for a while22:56
rhpot1991when I did the grab icons script, it always threw me errors about the zip code, I read it was a problem with xmltv_na (or something), tried to compile the svn version but I never had any luck and gave up22:57
rhpot1991you can nab the icon file yourself22:57
rhpot1991and point it at that22:57
alexvdyeah exactly22:57
alexvdi see a how to use the svn script22:57
alexvdgoing to try right now22:57
alexvdchannel icons are stored on the backend right so you dont have to do it for each frontend right22:58
rhpot1991ummmm22:59
rhpot1991let me check on that22:59
rhpot1991I know mine are there, gonna see if I have a nfs share or anything to my other backend/frontend22:59
KjetilKrhpot1991: got some help on #mythtv-users after you left. Turns out I have another IR reciever in my box (an Antec Fusion Silver v2)23:01
wintherhi23:01
KjetilKthe guys over there suggest using that23:01
wintherIs it possible to use analog controlls to interface with mythtv? I thougth of putting a mini computer in an old stereo casing. It would be nice to utilize the existing controlls for example for volume.23:03
rhpot1991alexvd: seems mine are only in a single location on my master backend, I'd have to verify they are actually working on that other box though, I don't normally use it much23:03
rhpot1991KjetilK: strange, get it working?23:03
rhpot1991also can it blast23:03
rhpot1991winther: sounds hard, good luck with that23:03
wintherOr is there some kind of hardware that allows me to create custom buttons? Perfekt would be if it would also supports something useful for the volume controll (slider or some ring like thing).23:05
KjetilKrhpot1991: nope, it isn't working yet, but there are HOWTOs for it23:07
KjetilKbut it is bedtime here23:07
rhpot1991pleanty of howtos for the pvr's too23:07
KjetilKthanks for the help, I might get back tomorrow23:07
rhpot1991no problem23:07
KjetilKalso, the device is in the control-center23:08
rhpot1991ah nice23:08
KjetilKit is the Soundgraph iMON MultiMedian IR/VFD23:08
rhpot1991should* work fairly easily then23:08
KjetilKlets hope! :-)23:08
rhpot1991did you try to sudo modprobe lirc?23:08
KjetilKnope23:08
rhpot1991shouldn't need to23:08
rhpot1991I'd think irw woulda yelled if it wasn't loaded23:08
KjetilKyup23:09
Toxicity999Hmmm, completely hacked up my ubuntu based mythbox to start X/Mythfrontend via an rc.local script. The first time X starts it gives me the prompt to add the user to the group, naturaly it's hard for it to do so the way it does when not in a real DE. Restarting X with my script, it loads fine... Any ideas?23:09
Toxicity999even removing the group need from the execs, it still prompts.23:09
rhpot1991Toxicity999: why not use the package that does that for you?23:10
Toxicity999What?23:10
rhpot1991ubuntu-mythtv-frontend23:10
rhpot1991automagically starts the frontend up for you on boot23:10
Toxicity999I thought that was throwing it up on a DE.23:11
rhpot1991DE?23:11
Toxicity999Desktop Environment.23:11
rhpot1991well you already have x23:11
rhpot1991why are you opposed to having a DE?23:12
Toxicity999Waste of resources.23:12
rhpot1991I think that package works with any of them23:12
rhpot1991eh, go with something light weight23:12
rhpot1991x is a waste of resources too23:12
Toxicity999Which is still, a waste a resources.23:12
rhpot1991but you need that23:12
Toxicity999Uhm23:12
Toxicity999I need it, so not a waste.23:12
rhpot1991well, one can argue you shouldn't need it23:13
Toxicity999Right, I could also run it directly on the framebuffer. For a box *just* running mythfrontend and friends, it's complete overkill to run even the most lightweight of DEs, such as watered down XFCE.23:13
Toxicity999I figured it out anyway. But yea, I have the most efficient lightweight mythbox ever. Let me get boot times and disk space used.23:16
rhpot1991what kind of box do you run it on?23:17
Toxicity999Really old hardware, perfectly tweaked23:17
Toxicity999yea, 25 seconds from power to mythfrontend top page =D23:17
Toxicity999It's on an Intel 733MHz proc, with an nVidia MX 42023:18
Toxicity999I've been tweaking it on and off for awhile and it's just a-freaking-bout perfect for standard def.23:18
rhpot1991ah nice23:20
Toxicity999850mb total used for the whole system.23:20
rhpot1991running xvmc?23:20
Toxicity999Yep.23:20
Toxicity999And some tweaking for non mpeg-2, so anything non-HD plays perfectly for me.23:20
Toxicity999well most things, I should say.23:20
rhpot1991I'm kinda spoiled, running on an amd 1900+ and a p4 1.8 with over 2 TB of storage between them23:22
Toxicity999I'll have much better in it soon.23:22
Toxicity999But I like to make things run slick as hell on crappy hardware, just because I can =P23:22
rhpot1991if I ever upgrade my amd64 that can replace one of those23:22
Toxicity999I just wish I could fandangle splashy to not look like hell, I suppose I could use a mostly black theme.23:23
Toxicity999and I'm applying a transparent cursor to X sometime, just to get the little bits that much better.23:24

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