[00:06] is there a way to lookup what HD freq table and modulation type my cable provider uses? (comcast in USA) [00:18] is there a way to lookup what HD freq table and modulation type my cable provider uses? (comcast in USA) [00:20] ahave: it will probably be much more local then that, apparently they can change based on local office [00:20] c3rb3rus5, hmm. so how does one know which to use? [00:20] can i call and ask? [00:21] can't you scan? [00:21] i use a firewire connection, so i dont use those tables [00:21] yes, i can scan [00:21] you are looking for OTA QAM? [00:21] over cable [00:21] yea [00:22] QAM [00:22] i did one scan, and i suppose it worked.. but i seem to be missing a few channels and i also gained alot of channels that are not digital.. [00:23] hrm, i can't realy halp out too much on channel scanning.. i had no lock when i tried to use my tuner card [00:23] luck too [00:25] do you get a horizontal bar of black&white 'fuzz' at the top of your video?.. i do on all the HD channels [00:27] ahave: look here: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?f=45 [00:27] ahave: no, i don't have any type of distortion, but again, i'm using set top box through firewire [00:33] ahave: check your monitor / tv settings, it might be set to 4:3 and scaling the HD content to fit a square leaving you with not so fun bars [00:34] or i might be grabbins at straws [00:34] well, this channel happend to be in 4:3 [00:34] in hD? [00:34] or should i let Mythtv do teh scaling [00:34] digital channel, yes [00:34] i just let myth figure it out [00:34] i have it hooked up to a 32" hdtv [00:35] set myth to the 16:9 ratio and let it figure out everything else [00:37] yup, still there [00:37] :( [00:39] hmm, it seems to only be on digital signals that are in 4:3 ratio [00:39] (but i do not get the noise when using the tuner in my tv) [00:51] hmmm should i install the latest beta of mythbuntu, or wait for the full version in 15 days... === rhpot1991_laptop is now known as Michael_Moore === Michael_Moore is now known as rhpot1992 === rhpot1992 is now known as rhpot1991_laptop [02:58] Hi, after fresh install, HDHomerun tuner is not available unless I go to mythTV setup and then go back to the frontend. Any tips? (using latest beta) [03:01] MythbuntuGuest49, try setting up dhcp in network-admin [03:01] rather than network manager [03:01] sucks that bug is *still* around [03:01] i thought we fixed it [03:02] random off topic question, but is there any way program in linux that behaves similar to ghost or acronis on windows? [03:02] MythbuntuGuest49, austin.res.rr.com, ah you local to the austin area then? [03:02] i'll try that. Thanks superml [03:02] yes, I'm in Austin, you? [03:02] MythbuntuGuest49, yeah [03:02] i just moved down here maybe 1.5-2 mo ago [03:03] uhm... any program... not any way program... i cant think straight today [03:03] c3rb3rus5, ghost4linux is available [03:03] partimage, c3rb.. [03:03] I moved here about 2 years ago.. you liking it here? [03:03] yeah, i'm still adjusting to the weather [03:04] today was quite brutal [03:04] first day i've turned on my AC [03:04] partimage has the same backup / recovery functionality? well... more or less? [03:04] brutal? It was nice! Where are you from? [03:04] midwest, chicago and iowa [03:04] I've never used ghost, but partimage does what I think ghost does... not the same format though [03:05] * superm1 has a feeling he is in for a beating as summer gets closer :) [03:05] oh yeah... you ain't seen nothin' yet! [03:05] MythbuntuGuest49, so being down here, by chance have you futzed around with TWC's firewire support? [03:06] no.. great question though. I'd love to know if it works. [03:06] well i just picked up a box [03:06] which box is it? [03:06] and i get the HD locals and BBC america via firewire [03:06] that's it.... [03:06] sa4240hdc [03:07] it's one of the cable card models, so it behaves different enough that sa3250ch script doesnt work, but the internal channel changer in myth can handle it [03:07] yeah, you can get that without a box with the HDHomerun.. and Discovery channel for some reason is also unencrypted.. [03:07] discovery hd is unencrypted??? [03:07] for QAM you mean? [03:07] Yeah, QAM. [03:07] Not sure why, but its there. [03:07] oh i'll have to redo my QAM scans for my hdhomerun then [03:07] i didnt see it the first time around [03:08] for the digital cable box though, its all CCI 0x2 for everything but the channels i mentioned [03:08] so i was going to start climbing the support chain until i got to an engineer hopefully [03:08] That sucks.. [03:08] to see if that can get changed [03:09] I should probably call, too.. the more calls the better I guess. [03:09] well the more the merrier i suppose :) [03:09] i was hoping someone had already done this at some point for this area [03:09] and had some contacts local to this TWC region [03:09] i've had to do this in the past with other cable companies [03:10] and it just takes ages and/or persistence to get anywhere [03:10] we'll I'm sorta new to this stuff, so I was trying to avoid anything above the basics at this point [03:12] ah [03:12] well then dont worry as of yet [03:12] but if you want to join the band of folks to complain, in the future [03:12] lets get all the mythtv users in Austin [03:12] and go in at lunch i say [03:12] and demand to sit down with an engineer [03:12] :) [03:13] I'm down with that. [03:13] for now i set up the box as an input group [03:13] so i record everything via svideo cept BBC america [03:13] so its not a "fully" lost cuase [03:13] *cause [03:13] with an irblaster? [03:13] well.. [03:13] i ended up pulling all the channel changer code out of mythtv's source [03:14] and into my own very poorly accepted binary [03:14] assembled [03:14] thats pretty hardcore... [03:14] Besides the weather, how is Austin treating you so far? [03:15] lol.... whats wrong with a channel changing script [03:15] well i did start the mythbuntu project mind you, so i am a bit hardcore :) [03:15] cool, I just found it. [03:15] none of the scripts that are out can change for the sa4240hdc [03:15] It is freakin' great. Its great to say thanks to the dude behind it. [03:15] i'd like to write something that just uses libmythtv in the future, so as to make these other scripts a bit pointless [03:16] i'm glad to see word gets around for it so well without much advertising for it :) [03:16] wow, I've used knoppmyth, plain ubuntu + myth, and now this. It is really put together well. [03:17] One question, though... [03:17] sure [03:18] The hd tv playback is choppy whereas, [03:18] my last install wasn't. not sure what is different in the mix. [03:18] well 8.04 or 7.10 to start? [03:18] superm1: is there a reason ubuntu dosn't auto create udev rules for all devices... instead of just having /dev/video0 , /dev/video1 ? [03:18] and if 7.10 are you on Myth 0.21? [03:18] 8.04 mythbuntu [03:18] KillerKiwi2005__, talk to keescook about that [03:19] he started to go down that route to make some udev rules [03:19] but i dont think that ever came to fruition for one reason or another [03:19] MythbuntuGuest49, okay so 0.21 based myth [03:19] yes [03:19] MythbuntuGuest49, the thing is that for 0.21 the default deinterlacer is more cpu intensive [03:19] so you can pick a less intensive video playback profile [03:19] and that usually resolves it [03:20] if not, there are a few areas that i can recommend to try to improve performance [03:20] I'll try that first.. sound like it will probably work [03:20] superm1: it would be cool to have.... /dev/video_pvr150_pci1 would be nive [03:20] KillerKiwi2005__, yeah that's what the plan was with the udev rules [03:21] from what i remember, it boiled down to how to easily pull that information into an accessible form to use for the udev rules [03:21] and upstream had some qualms [03:21] you'll have to see what keescook says about it though [03:21] its not hard... just scrape the stout [03:21] and a few re expressions [03:22] well it was a fundamental problem that was wrong with it [03:22] again i dont know the details, just messenger here. [03:22] ok [03:22] so i think that i just witnesed my computer fry [03:22] MythbuntuGuest49, hopefully that should take care of it. [03:22] was there smoke ? [03:22] nah, there was a staticy sound that came form the speakers [03:22] kinda like a gsm phone about to ring [03:23] printer power lead into laptop == smoke coming from keyboard [03:23] then the screen went blank [03:23] MythbuntuGuest49, but as for other stuff w/ Austin, i'm starting to get adjusted. my only issue would be that all of my coworkers are 10+ years older than myself, so there is always a bit of an age barrier there [03:23] MythbuntuGuest49, (i'm just out of school before I came down here) [03:24] so i try to reboot, hangs on drive detection [03:24] and now win won't boot, not even into safe mode... :( and i cant even see what the damn bsod is [03:24] stupid windows [03:25] wrong forum to be complaining about win, i know... but i'm pretty sure this is hardwar related [03:25] well drives die === c3rb3rus5_friedc is now known as c3rb3rus5 [03:25] so it happens [03:25] do a run of DFT on it [03:25] and see how it spits out [03:26] dft = drive fitness test? [03:27] yeah [03:27] hitachi makes it [03:27] ok [03:27] its not specific to their drives is it? [03:28] nope [03:29] hope its not the HD.. that might be the worst of all posssibilities... [03:29] that helped bigtime, superml. Thanks. [03:33] no prob [03:34] um... i'm gonna gues that its bad if the bootable DFT disk does not respond after booting... and keypresses make the computer speaker sounds like a frog [03:37] hey, superml, I gotta run, but if I can help with the austin TW thing, let me know. [03:37] or if you have any q's about Austin, I might be able to help you. [03:37] is it bad form to give you my email via irc? [03:39] MythbuntuGuest49, you can email me [03:39] superm1@ubuntu.com [03:39] i put it out publicly :) [03:39] you dont have to put yours out publicly though [03:39] i'll shoot you a line in a minute. [03:39] Welcome to Austin. Thanks again for the help. [03:47] update: apparently the SATA drives are not detecting consistently... [09:34] Hey, I was just wondering if mythtv-status had made it into the mythbuntu 8.04 betas? [13:40] ? [15:10] hi all [15:53] puck, it's in apt, it should be by default for the RC [21:25] i am trying to test 8.04 [21:26] but when booting live cd, after a while, it gives me an error [21:26] one sec [21:26] ill write down the error [21:30] seems it doesn't occur in safe graphics mode [23:25] anyone here? [23:27] !ask | atlanta80 [23:27] atlanta80: Please don't ask to ask a question, ask the question (all on ONE line, so others can read and follow it easily). If anyone knows the answer they will most likely answer. :-) [23:27] I mean, technically I wasn't asking about asking a question, lol [23:28] !hello [23:28] Hi! Welcome to #ubuntu-mythtv! [23:28] but anyways, I have slight annoyance, when I go into the Video Manager the text "Loading.." appears over the top of all the movie info as well as the menu when I bring it up [23:29] I could post a screenshot if necessary [23:29] yea do that [23:30] hmmm, maybe never taken a SS in XFCE [23:31] hmm [23:31] printscreen? [23:32] no go, I'm running a stock Mythbuntu 7.10 so I don't have very many apps installed [23:32] hmm, interesting [23:34] one moment, installing xfce4-screenshot-plugin [23:38] wow, never thought figuring out how to take a screenshot could be so involved [23:43] yea it really should be included by default [23:53] Finally, ok here we go: https://filebox.vt.edu/users/jawil06/Public/MythTV/ [23:53] that's what it is doing [23:57] never seen that happen [23:57] run the frontend from a terminal and see if it says anything about it [23:59] I've looked at /var/log/mythtv/mythfrontend.log and this is what I get everytime I load the Video Manager http://pastebin.com/m69f0edc1