[00:02] <blkorpheus> lirc seems broken often
[00:04] <Dr_willis> i dont think i ever have tried my remote with mythbuntu
[00:09] <puck> Hey, just wondering if any of the mythbuntu maintainers are hanging around, I wrote mythtv-status a handle little tool and thought I'd check to see if you guys know about it.
[00:10] <Daviey> puck: pastebin or hit the mailing list?
[00:10] <Daviey> Have no idea what it is :)
[00:10] <puck> http://www.etc.gen.nz/projects/mythtv/mythtv-status.html
[00:11] <puck> and I just realised how bad some of the grammar on that page is...
[00:11]  * puck goes and fixes it
[00:12] <Daviey> puck: handy - thought about trying to gget it into contrib?
[00:13] <puck> It will be in Ubuntu Hardy.
[00:13] <puck> (Well, it is in the repo now, as well as Debian unstable)
[00:13] <Daviey> you've had it approved for universe?
[00:13] <Daviey> ah, a mere?
[00:13] <Daviey> merge*
[00:13] <puck> yeah
[00:13] <puck> From Debian
[00:13] <Daviey> cool
[00:14] <puck> I was wondering if it might be handy to have enabled by default on a mythbuntu install
[00:14] <Daviey> I think the best thing to do, is mention it in the guide.. rather than including it in a base install
[00:14] <puck> Okay
[00:15] <Daviey> hmm, could be!
[00:15] <Daviey> I'll have a word with the other chaps
[00:15] <puck> :)
[00:16] <puck> It doesn't worry me (I don't use mythbuntu) but thought it might be nice for your users
[00:16] <Daviey> puck: all the cool kids are using mythbuntu, why not you? :)
[00:17] <puck> I'm still a Debian hold out.  My server at home (which is my MythTV backend) had, um, Potato installed on it I think.
[00:17] <puck> and just upgraded since then...
[00:17] <Daviey> heh
[00:18] <Daviey> puck: keep us in mind when it blows up :)
[00:18] <puck> hehehehe
[00:19] <puck> If you guys have a target for running diskless front-ends using NFS boot then I'd be very interested!
[00:19] <Daviey> we are trying to get that into hardy!
[00:19] <Daviey> me and laga are working on it atm
[00:19] <puck> awesome
[00:19] <Daviey> trying to be clever tho :(
[00:20] <puck> oh oh
[00:20] <alexvd> hey
[00:20] <Daviey> Unionfs with just the diff in a $MAC_ID/ location
[00:21] <Daviey> So it _should_ be configless aswell
[00:21] <alexvd> diskless frontend is what i am trying to do...  i thought i would try with livecd and saw the mythbuntu autostart live disc
[00:21] <Daviey> ie, just work TM
[00:21] <puck> Nice, that'd be a bit easier than what I'm currently using (old unsupported shell scripts)
[00:21] <puck> that would be awesome.
[00:21] <puck> I should grab my post from mythtv-users and make a blog entry about how I set my system up
[00:21] <Daviey> alexvd: i didn't have much to do with the autostart - just the discussions on how, sorry
[00:21] <alexvd> only problem is it runs 8.2 lirc which irman is broken.  CVS fixes
[00:22] <alexvd> Daviey: cool
[00:22]  * Daviey bed, nn
[00:26] <puck> 'night
[01:43] <yotux> have a question:  I run ubuntu right now and am interested in mythbuntu will having a separate home partition work
[01:58] <Dr_willis> i use a seperate home on my Mythbuntu box.
[01:58] <tgm4883_laptop> already gone Dr_willis
[02:23] <Dr_willis> the long-lagged conversation channel. :)
[03:06] <alexvd> dumb question how do i upgrade from the glx driver that is nvidia 9631 to the 169.07 driver
[03:06] <alexvd> synaptic or the restricted manager or manual install of the package
[04:08] <rhpot1991> grrrrr, another sony ARccOS disc that wont even play in mythtv from netflix
[04:25] <alexvd> rhpot:
[04:25] <alexvd> rhpot1991: do you run nvidia graphics cards
[04:43] <rhpot1991> yep I do, what sup
[07:12] <rhpot1991> !log
[07:12] <rhpot1991> !logs
[07:13]  * JThundley drops a log
[07:14] <rhpot1991> bot is missing it seems
[07:15] <JThundley> I am the bot.
[09:09] <frink__> yo
[09:10] <frink__> wassup?
[10:36] <bidossessi> hi folks
[10:37] <bidossessi> is there any plans to include server packages in the mythbuntu cd to make it easier to deploy as an offline install solution? like dhcp/dns packages
[15:04] <stuen93> i am using a plextor usb mpeg4 capture card with mythTV but it seems that regardless of what settings I change in mythtv it always records as a .nuv file.  is there a way to make it record in another format?
[15:08] <alexvd> stuen93: you should ask in the mythtv-users but I think your options are to transcode
[15:09] <stuen93> ok, thanks
[15:09] <alexvd> stuen93: i thought the nuv was just a container and that you could rename to mpeg2 but i dont know how that works for mpeg4
[15:09] <alexvd> ask on mythtv-users
[15:09] <stuen93> i have done that
[15:09] <stuen93> thank you
[15:10] <alexvd> did you check the gossammer threads mythtv users lists
[15:10] <stuen93> i have not done that
[17:58] <MythbuntuGuest73> Hi, I need help setting up mythbuntu.  I can't get the backend set up.  When ever I try to start the myth tv setup it just restarts the system.  When I try to open the terminal window it restarts the system.  any help would be appreciated
[18:21] <mike580> hi all i have a thinkpad R-40 running ubuntu and myth tv. everything works fine but the dvd playback ive install the livcss2 thing, when i click "playdvd" it opens i can hear audio, but no video does anyone have any ideas
[18:22] <Daviey> mike580: running compiz or beryl?
[18:22] <mike580> no it is 7.10
[18:22] <mike580> but i dont they are installed
[18:22] <mike580> or enable rather
[18:22] <mike580> but i will look, im not in front of it right now
[18:22] <mike580> also if this makes a difference i cannot get it to play in vlc either
[18:23] <Daviey> and does normal video work?
[18:23] <mike580> yes
[18:23] <mike580> i can play avi files and such
[18:23] <Daviey> hmm, no idea sorry
[18:23] <Daviey> although in the last week i've heard lots of libdvdcss woes :(
[18:23] <mike580> ok no problem thanks for the help
[18:24] <mike580> yes i have seen alot of posts on the forums about libdvdcss
[18:24] <mike580> thanks for the help i appreciate it
[18:29] <jduggan> mike580: have you tried mplayer?
[18:29] <mike580> i have only vlc checked when i get home i will check xine and mplayer
[18:29] <mike580> does it hurt to check them all
[18:29] <mike580> ?
[18:43] <blkorpheus> no
[19:50] <nan1> deutsch or english
[19:52] <rhpot1992> !log
[19:52] <ubotu> Channel logs can be found at http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/ - Logs for LoCo channels are at http://logs.ubuntu-eu.org/freenode/ - See also « /msg ubotu ircstats »
[19:52] <javatexan> howdy....finally got my RS232 IR reciever......which Remote do I choose in Lirc
[19:53] <nan1> I need some help concerning the installation of xmltv 0.5.50. Am I  right here?
[19:54] <javatexan> rhpot1992: i got most of it to work just fine
[19:54] <javatexan> I can convert tivo to mpeg and get it into mythtv in recordings....the commercial doesnt seem to work though
[19:56] <rhpot1992> hmmm, might not be raw mpeg2 then
[19:56] <javatexan> but that might be a setting problem
[19:56] <javatexan> or that too
[19:56] <javatexan> I am trying to learn how to transcode to something else, but its slow go
[19:58] <nan1> I need the tv_grab_eu_epgdata. It will be available in 0.5.50 but in synaptic there is still 0.5.49 available. I tried the weekly builds, installation was okay but there is no change. Thank you for any help.
[19:58] <rhpot1992> javatexan: how are you trying to transcode?
[20:00] <javatexan> right now....the easiest way I can find...unfortunately I dont have any prior experience with converting movies at all, so its a learning process.  Until I installed mythtv, I didnt even know that mencoder and ffmpeg exists
[20:00] <javatexan> sorry
[20:00] <javatexan> i guess I could try to transcode in myth, but I am learning that too
[20:01] <rhpot1992> look at this some: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/iPodVideoEncoding
[20:01] <rhpot1992> has some ffmpeg lines in there for ipod
[20:01] <rhpot1992> will at least give you an idea
[20:02] <javatexan> wont the ipod completely make the screen grainy and such?
[20:03] <rhpot1992> http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/faq.html
[20:03] <rhpot1992> well ipod is a tiny screen
[20:03] <rhpot1992> and is limited
[20:03] <rhpot1992> 1.20 Which are good parameters for encoding high quality MPEG-1/MPEG-2?   '-mbd rd -flags +trell -cmp 2 -subcmp 2 -g 100 -pass 1/2' but beware the '-g 100' might cause problems with some decoders. Things to try: '-bf 2', '-flags qprd', '-flags mv0', '-flags skiprd.
[20:03] <javatexan> i found one thing that I tried and I think I converted them all to look grea on ipod...but they look terrible on TV
[20:04] <rhpot1992> well ya, ipod res is 320x240
[20:04] <rhpot1992> TV is much higher than that
[20:04] <rhpot1992> do you have an ipod?
[20:05] <javatexan> no ipod here...It was the auto setting for h.264 conversion in another program
[20:05] <javatexan> I didnt realize it until too late
[20:05] <javatexan> it just said h264 conversion.....go!
[20:05] <rhpot1992> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Mythtranscode
[20:05] <rhpot1992> should just use that if you can
[20:06] <javatexan> ok thanks...ill read up on it
[20:06] <nan1> I know there is a german irc for mythbuntu. How can I find it. Thanks!
[20:06] <rhpot1992> I don't see any xvid options though, which appear in the transcode menus
[20:07] <rhpot1992> !irc
[20:07] <ubotu> A list of official Ubuntu IRC channels, as well as IRC clients for Ubuntu, can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat - For a general list of !freenode channels, see http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#channellist - See also !Guidelines
[20:07] <rhpot1992> !german
[20:07] <ubotu> Deutschsprachige Hilfe fuer Probleme mit Ubuntu, Kubuntu und Edubuntu finden Sie in den Kanaelen #ubuntu-de, #kubuntu-de, #xubuntu-de und #edubuntu-de
[20:07] <rhpot1992> that might help?
[20:08] <javatexan> where do I run this...terminal or in mythbuntu somewhere?
[20:09] <rhpot1992> that command can run in the terminal, but there are also hookins for it within mythtv
[20:09] <rhpot1992> if you go into mythtv-setup, there is a check under general about 4 tabs in to enable transcoding on a backend
[20:10] <javatexan> I have that set I think
[20:10] <rhpot1992> then you can configure transcoding options under setup of your frontend and run them on individual recordings
[20:10] <rhpot1992> for you with scripting you are gonna want to do them via the command I would think
[20:11] <javatexan> setup TV?
[20:11] <rhpot1992> as far as your commflagging and you file name problem, why don't you ask the mythtv-users mailing list for ideas
[20:11] <rhpot1992> I think, then under encoding profiles or something like that
[20:13] <nan1> thank you, have fun
[20:44] <javatexan> rhpot1994: I think you are right about the mpeg2, mythtranscode says unknown video codec when I run mythtranscode --infile <File> --buildindex --showprogress
[20:45] <rhpot1992> thats unfortunate
[20:46] <javatexan> I am trying to convert with mythtranscode --infile --mpeg2 --showprogress to see if it will make one it can do
[20:46] <javatexan> work with
[20:46] <javatexan> ls
[20:46] <javatexan> now i have movie.mpeg and movie.mpeg.tmp  whats up with that
[20:47] <rhpot1992> mythtranscode makes a backup by default IIRC
[20:48] <rhpot1992> though I thought they were .old
[20:48] <rhpot1992> is it done running?
[20:48] <javatexan> now they both say unknown video codec
[20:48] <javatexan> when I --buildindex....thats odd
[20:48] <javatexan> mythbuntu will play the files in Tv Recording
[20:49] <rhpot1992> it will play just about anything I think
[20:49] <javatexan> lol
[20:49] <javatexan> apparently .... even if it doesnt know what it is playing
[20:49] <rhpot1992> problem is that the flagging is done frame by frame, and if it can't access it like that then you get failure
[20:49] <javatexan> ah....any ideas on fixing?
[20:50] <rhpot1992> not really, this is beyond anything I have done now
[20:50] <javatexan> could I play with ffmpeg and encode it that way
[20:50] <rhpot1992> start asking on the mailing list
[20:50] <javatexan> okay..thanks
[20:50] <rhpot1992> you could, but I have no idea if myth could commflag it then
[20:50] <rhpot1992> if you ask on there, then maybe someone who knows about the process could give you some better advice
[20:51] <javatexan> okay...thanks a million
[20:51] <rhpot1992> no problem
[20:51] <rhpot1992> let me know how it works out
[20:52] <javatexan> how do I look at the Job Queue..?
[21:00] <javatexan> found out the problem...on the tivodecode forums
[21:04] <rhpot1992> job queue is under information section
[21:04] <rhpot1992> whats the fix?
[22:07] <_andrew> I've been using MythTV for a while, and I've got some ideas/scripts/docs that might be interesting in the Mythbuntu control center.  What I don't have is the time, skill or energy to make something graphical or nice to use.  Is there any point in my writing this stuff up, and if so, where's it best posted?
[22:16] <tgm4883_laptop> _andrew, writing it up is good.  Just make sure you get it to a dev and perhaps it can go either in the install manual, on the website, or in a program included or packaged for mythbuntu
[22:17] <_andrew> Fair enough.  Would you recommend sending it to the mailing list?  Filing it as a bug report on launchpad?
[22:17] <tgm4883_laptop> well it really depends on what it is
[22:18] <tgm4883_laptop> go ahead and stick it on the mailing list
[22:19] <_andrew> Fair enough.  Today it's setting up the initial list of channels and getting XMLTV set up more easily, but tomorrow I might have another problem :)
[22:20] <tgm4883_laptop> a writeup would be great
[22:20] <tgm4883_laptop> superm1, ping
[22:33] <rhpot1991> tgm4883_laptop: I think superm1 is gone for a while still
[22:33] <rhpot1991> he said something about being gone for a week
[22:34] <tgm4883_laptop> ah
[22:35] <tgm4883_laptop> did you see the new directv cablecard thing?
[22:35] <rhpot1991> the external box thing?
[22:35] <tgm4883_laptop> yep
[22:35] <rhpot1991> or something else?
[22:35] <rhpot1991> I posted a link on here about it, and no one commented :(
[22:35] <rhpot1991> looks promising
[22:35] <tgm4883_laptop> im pretty much out of it right now
[22:36] <tgm4883_laptop> im still in the process of moving
[22:36] <tgm4883_laptop> and my desktop isn't setup yet
[22:36] <rhpot1991> moving is a pain
[22:36] <tgm4883_laptop> yes
[22:36] <rhpot1991> I get to move next monthish
[22:36] <blkorpheus> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/181871
[22:38] <tgm4883_laptop> wish that thing would release soon
[22:39] <rhpot1991> link I saw was a small scan though
[22:39] <rhpot1991> couldn't read the bullets
[22:39] <tgm4883_laptop> i probably saw the same scan
[22:39] <tgm4883_laptop> you can save the picture and blow it u
[22:39] <rhpot1991> in a perfect world we would be able to hook up the the ethernet/usb on it and have it usable, but I doubt it will be that easy
[22:39] <tgm4883_laptop> up
[22:39] <rhpot1991> I don't think there is any news on when it will be released though
[22:40] <tgm4883_laptop> nope
[22:40] <rhpot1991> it would really make sense for them to have it opened up and usable, I'd switch instantly
[22:40] <tgm4883_laptop> hopefully in the next 6 months though
[22:40] <rhpot1991> though DTV is an evil evil company in my mind....
[22:41] <tgm4883_laptop> i agree
[22:41] <tgm4883_laptop> but it's the only thing available :(
[22:41] <tgm4883_laptop> well
[22:41] <tgm4883_laptop> satellite that is
[22:43] <rhpot1991> you have comcast right?
[22:44] <rhpot1991> they are offering a 12 month free upgrade to digital now, I'm contemplating calling and seeing if I can get a decent CSA that can tell me about the cable box and hopefully get me something with firewire enabled
[22:45] <tgm4883_laptop> i had comcast
[22:45] <tgm4883_laptop> not offered here though
[22:45] <tgm4883_laptop> just outside of town enough
[22:45] <rhpot1991> what are you switching to?
[22:45] <tgm4883_laptop> dtv
[22:45] <rhpot1991> gonna ir blast?
[22:45] <tgm4883_laptop> actually
[22:45] <tgm4883_laptop> sec
[22:45] <tgm4883_laptop> http://www.patersontech.com/products/usbtvtranslator.aspx
[22:46] <tgm4883_laptop> im going to try and use this
[22:46] <rhpot1991> interesting
[22:46] <rhpot1991> you can prob just make your own
[22:47] <rhpot1991> actually prob not now that I look at it
[22:47] <rhpot1991> some guts in the serial box
[22:48] <rhpot1991> 2. PC-based DVRs require a serial port per receiver. Any USB-to-serial converter 				can be used to add serial ports.
[22:49] <rhpot1991> nevermind that, I read it wrong
[22:51] <rhpot1991> still gonna lose your HD signal though with that setup
[22:55] <tgm4883_laptop> yep
[22:55] <tgm4883_laptop> :(
[22:55] <tgm4883_laptop> i'll try to grab OTA HD
[22:55] <rhpot1991> hdhomerun?
[22:56] <tgm4883_laptop> pcHDTV 5500
[22:56] <rhpot1991> ah
[22:56] <rhpot1991> I want to get an hdhomerun to try with comcast digital, but I don't want to have a $150 device here that I may not be able to use
[22:56] <tgm4883_laptop> it should work well for Local HD channels
[22:57] <rhpot1991> I actually don't have an HD tv either
[22:57] <rhpot1991> so it would only be used as a tuner to access the digital channels, in the hopes that they aren't encrypting everything for no good reason
[22:58] <tgm4883_laptop> hmm
[22:58] <tgm4883_laptop> not exactly sure how well that would work
[22:58] <rhpot1991> I have heard from some people that it works
[22:58] <tgm4883_laptop> I don't believe i was ever able to get digital cable channels with it
[22:59] <rhpot1991> but it depends on what your local comcast is doing
[22:59] <tgm4883_laptop> although i didn't try that hard
[23:00] <tgm4883_laptop> yay, 20 minutes of class left for the week
[23:01] <javatexan> rhpot1991 okay I cna tcextract the mpeg stream and I can extract the audio as ac3 just fine.  I cant get mplex to plex the audio portion.  I guess I have to find a multiplexor that can handle ac3 stream
[23:04] <directhex> http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080110006038&newsLang=en
[23:05] <tgm4883_laptop> directhex, i saw that.  Looks great.  Just hope it has better linux support than the HVR-1600
[23:06] <tgm4883_laptop> home time
[23:06] <rhpot1991> The HD PVR will be available in Q1 2008, with a suggested retail price        of $249.
[23:06] <rhpot1991> price hurts
[23:06] <rhpot1991> javatexan: why are you doing that now?
[23:08] <javatexan> trying to see if I can make a compliant stream from the generated mpeg file.  Might fix all the errors I am seeing in myth
[23:10] <rhpot1991> ah ok
[23:12] <javatexan> oops...mplayer says its MPEG-PS
[23:12] <javatexan> whats the file ending for MPEG-PS?
[23:27] <solarbaby> 3.2 ghz procs though..
[23:57] <lime4x4> is it possible to have mythbuntu stream sirius radio from the internet?
[23:57] <Daviey> If you can do it in ubuntu, you can do it in mythbuntu
[23:58] <lime4x4> any good docs around for it?