[03:04] <stiev3_> for some reason my mythbuntu panel remains visible at the top of the screen when running mythfrontend.  How do I go about fixing this?
[06:53] <ddgoose> stiev3_: if you haven't gotten the answer already, I left a post for you on the diskless thread.
[06:56] <stiev3_> ddgoose, awesome.  That is what i was looking for.  Thanks.
[07:29] <ddgoose> no problemo
[11:16] <selfsk> hi all
[11:16] <selfsk> guys, can someone explain how to start using mythubuntu with twinhan 1034 (DVB-S) cards?
[11:26] <laga> what's the problem?
[11:30] <selfsk> I don't see any cards at all
[11:30] <selfsk> I loaded dvb-bt8xx module
[11:32] <Seeker`> selfsk: is there anything relevant in dmesg?
[11:33] <laga> selfsk: do they show up in lspci?
[11:34] <EvilGuru> Hi, I have just installed the mythweather plugin, however can not work out how to select the UK BBC source. I can get the NDFD
[11:35] <tc111> Problem...  scarter@MediaPVR:/usr/share/doc$ sudo -s / [sudo] password for scarter:  / Aborted / scarter@MediaPVR:/usr/share/doc$ ... what the heck is 'Aborted'?
[11:35] <selfsk> Seeker` : noop
[11:35] <EvilGuru> Can anyone advise me on this?
[11:36] <selfsk> just common words: bttv loaded, and audio driver loaded
[11:36] <selfsk> i suppose i should get something like card name/type etc.
[11:37] <laga> EvilGuru: ask in #ubuntu - there are more peopl
[11:37] <laga> e
[11:49] <selfsk> what about twinhan? does someone has a succesfull experience with it?
[12:02] <EvilGuru> It seem as if the issue was caused by a missing package
[12:02] <EvilGuru> A sudo apt-get install libxml-simple-perl fixed it5
[12:11] <gbj> Can't get signal after upgrade to 8.10 using  Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 worked on 7.10?
[15:26] <nflava> anyone know what would cause my tv sound to work one day then not the next in mythtv
[15:56] <sabhain> any expert rippers in the room?
[15:56] <sabhain> I'm trying to figure out how to rip to iso from command line in my backend .. is this doable on a backend only?
[15:57] <sabhain> would like to back up a bunch of home movie / dvd's right to ISO's .. rather than tying up a frontend to do it ..
[15:57] <sabhain> seems like there's gotta be a cli script for this .. but google gives me older stuff that isn't working just right
[15:57] <szakulec> it's possible- but you'll end up with a bunch of ISO's that have CSS on them still
[15:58] <sabhain> but won't playback get around the css issue?  you can playback css dvd's without ripping them
[15:58] <szakulec> if you have the library, then yes
[15:59] <szakulec> http://www.wikihow.com/Create-an-ISO-File-in-Linux
[15:59] <szakulec> that should tell you how to create an ISO of a CD (or DVD)
[15:59] <sabhain> well most of what I'm trying to do is home generated DVD's .. I have a panasonic dvd cam corder
[15:59] <szakulec> just remember, it's going to be 4.7 GB
[15:59] <sabhain> so would css even be in play for that?
[15:59] <szakulec> nope
[16:01] <sabhain> i'll try that .. thanks for the input
[16:01] <szakulec> here's a slightly more detailed one for ubuntu-type distros: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-6509.html
[16:10] <sabhain> so if the DVD is dual layer .. maybe I'm better off copying the directory structure, and then using mkisofs? .. you're referring to a size limit on the dd command?
[16:43] <sabhain> fyi .. worked well on dual layer DVD!  8.5 GB .. great advice szakulec
[17:48] <darthanubis> Sorry, failed to fetch http://localhost:6544/xml.
[17:51] <sabhain> exit
[18:05] <rhpot1991> just use ddrepair
[18:05] <rhpot1991> errr
[18:05] <rhpot1991> ddrescue
[18:06] <rhpot1991> ddrescue -d /dev/dvd NAME_OF.iso NAME_OF.iso.log
[18:06] <rhpot1991> and then you can ^c and resume it
[18:06] <rhpot1991> haven't seen a dvd that it hasn't worked on
[19:14] <laga> rhpot1991: so, you use dd_rescue to rip dvds?
[19:26] <omnibrown> hello, looking for some help getting mkv/x264 content to play
[19:27] <omnibrown> all my other media plays well with the default mythtv settings
[19:46] <omnibrown> I'm running 8.04 with the current nvidia driver, 169.12
[19:46] <omnibrown> mplayer hangs on mkv files most are x264/avc 720p/1080p
[19:49] <omnibrown> hardware is AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Windsor 3.2GHz Socket AM2 125W Dual-Core; 2 GB RAM; nVidia  GeForce 7050 PV /  nForce 6
[19:49] <omnibrown> 30a
[19:50] <omnibrown> I've tried mplayer with various options and niceness, best luck is having a movie play for like 5 mins, then the screen freezes, and then the pc freezes
[19:51] <omnibrown> all my avi, lo-def content plays great
[19:51] <laga> if your box freezes, something is very broken
[19:54] <omnibrown> well it gets real slow at the console, I can still ssh in
[19:54] <laga> ah
[19:54] <laga> well, what does top say?
[19:55] <omnibrown> the cpu goes up to as much as 60% depending on the niceness
[19:55] <laga> and memory usage?
[19:56] <omnibrown> about half of the 2 GB, no swapping
[19:56] <laga> hum
[19:56] <laga> anything interesting in vmstat?
[19:56] <omnibrown> haven't check it out
[19:56] <laga> run "vmstat 1", but the output is a bit hard to parse.
[19:56] <laga> the first line is usually bogus
[19:59] <omnibrown> ok I've got it running, any special way I should run mplayer? like mplayer -ac hwdts -vfm ffmpeg -lvadopts threads=2:fast:skiploopfilter=all file.mkv
[19:59] <laga> no clue, i usually dont do a lot with x264 movies
[20:00] <omnibrown> ok, I'll kick off a movie with vmstat running and see what happends
[20:03] <omnibrown> procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----
[20:03] <omnibrown>  r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa
[20:03] <omnibrown>  1  0      0 949280  43832 337192    0    0     0     0  210  159  0  0 100  0
[20:03] <omnibrown>  0  0      0 949280  43832 337192    0    0     0     0  210  162  0  0 100  0
[20:03] <omnibrown>  1  0      0 948600  44088 337336    0    0   256     0  213  249 20  1 80  0
[20:03] <omnibrown> hmm prob hard to read...
[20:04] <omnibrown> um movie crashed pretty fast
[20:05] <laga> that looks sane..
[20:05] <omnibrown> htpc      8029 10.2  2.3 141408 42336 pts/1    Sl+  12:02   0:13 mplayer -benchmark -ac hwdts -vfm ffmpeg -lavdopts fast=1:skiploopfilter=all:threads=8 /media/1TB/Crash/Crash.720p.mkv
[20:05] <laga> it crashed?
[20:05] <omnibrown> that's a ps
[20:06] <omnibrown> it stopped playing
[20:10] <omnibrown> yeah the system never seems to get overloaded
[20:12] <omnibrown> hmm can't find the mplayer process now, hows this load?
[20:12] <omnibrown> load average: 14.41, 9.87, 4.73
[20:13] <omnibrown> Cpu(s):  6.3%us, 41.3%sy,  0.0%ni,  0.0%id,  0.7%wa,  4.9%hi, 46.9%si,  0.0%st
[20:13] <omnibrown> Mem:   1814608k total,   853320k used,   961288k free,    46476k buffers
[20:13] <omnibrown> Swap:  5309440k total,        0k used,  5309440k free,   340456k cached
[20:13] <nespinosa> hi everybody!
[20:13] <omnibrown> hello
[20:16] <JDStone> what does auto-transcode do?
[20:17] <nespinosa> I have some problems watching livetv. I don't understand why. I have done a channel research but I have sputtering and lag.This is my mythbackend log : http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/14862/plain/. Could you help me ?
[20:18] <nespinosa> Let me say it again. So, I have done a manuel channel research.
[20:19] <nespinosa> but when I want to watch tv, I have some sputtering an lag. You can see above my mythbackend log.
[20:20] <JDStone> nespinosa: have you looked into the Unknown video codec error?
[20:20] <omnibrown> laga: anyother ideas?
[20:21] <nespinosa> What should I do ? Install a codec via mythbuntu centre ?
[20:22] <JDStone> nespinosa: follow the instructions
[20:22] <JDStone> it tells you what to do
[20:23] <JDStone> nespinosa: "2008-05-26 21:05:06.571 NVR(/dev/video0): Unknown video codec.  Please go into the TV Settings, Recording Profiles and setup the four 'Software Encoders' profiles.  Assuming RTjpeg for now.
[20:23] <JDStone> "
[20:24] <laga> omnibrown: maybe your CPU is overheating? :(
[20:25] <omnibrown> I can check that through /proc?
[20:25] <laga> dunno :)
[20:25] <laga> maybe "acpi" will display the temperature
[20:28] <omnibrown> I'll check
[20:29] <omnibrown> anybody that joined recently have luck with HD mkv files & mplayer?
[20:34] <nespinosa> what does the log mean by setup the profile. I do not know what to modify.
[20:35] <nespinosa> sofware encoder profiles are already RTjpeg.
[21:01] <nespinosa> Ok, I do not have codec errors. But I have sputtering. Here is my backend log :http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/14876/plain/
[21:09] <nespinosa> Is there someone ?
[21:11] <tgm4883_laptop> nespinosa, what are your machine specs?
[21:16] <nespinosa> I Thomas. We spoke on sunday.
[21:16] <nespinosa> So I have a pctv stereo analogue card.
[21:16] <tgm4883_laptop> yes
[21:17] <tgm4883_laptop> but what are your actually machine specs
[21:17] <tgm4883_laptop> most notably, ram and cpu
[21:17] <nespinosa> My machine is a 2,4 ghz cpu, ram = 512 mo
[21:17] <tgm4883_laptop> restricted drivers installed?
[21:18] <nespinosa> Let me check.
[21:20] <nespinosa> do you mean linux restricted modules ?
[21:20] <tgm4883_laptop> your video card drivers
[21:20] <nespinosa> I do not have proprietary drivers installed on the computer
[21:21] <tgm4883_laptop> what video card?
[21:21] <nespinosa> it is an ati 9200 radeon video card I think
[21:25] <nespinosa> Should I install restricted drivers ? Tv works well on TVtime. I don't know if it could be a sign?
[21:26] <tgm4883_laptop> no, sounds ok
[21:26] <tgm4883_laptop> why are your software encoder profiles RTjpeg?
[21:27] <nespinosa> why ? I don't know. I have never modified them.
[21:28] <tgm4883_laptop> lets try something
[21:28] <nespinosa> I am ready
[21:28] <tgm4883_laptop> is this live tv only problem or does it happen for recordingns too
[21:29] <nespinosa> I have never tried recordings. I would have like to use tv.
[21:30] <tgm4883_laptop> try recording something for a few minutes.  Then stop the recording and see if it fixes it
[21:31] <nespinosa> I press R key for a few minutes and R key another time ?
[21:32] <laga> crap.
[21:32] <tgm4883_laptop> no, setup a recording from the frontend not while in live tv
[21:32] <laga> mplayer worked a few times and now that i'vwe got all arguments right, the alsa device can't be opened
[21:32]  * laga stabs alsa
[21:32] <laga> of course, this ALWAYS happens when i have the GF over to watch a movie.
[21:34] <nespinosa> ok.
[21:38] <nespinosa> The recording doesn't work. Frontend writes : recording failed
[21:38] <tgm4883_laptop> did you scan the channels from mythtv-setup?
[21:38] <nespinosa> yes I have scan the channel.
[21:39] <nespinosa> I have a big list of channels. Somes of them are marked as found channels.
[21:40] <tgm4883_laptop> some are marked as found?
[21:40] <nespinosa> let me run my backend
[21:43] <nespinosa> sorry, here is one of my channels lines : (unnamed : 1060) (60) (essai) with essai : my video source name, 60 should be the channel number ?
[21:45] <tgm4883_laptop> nespinosa, where do you get your channel data from again?
[21:46] <nespinosa> I have launched the channel search in the channel editing menu
[21:50] <omnibrown> laga: my cpu was at 27 C after the mkv playback crashed
[21:51] <nespinosa> is it possible that the pre-set tuner channel number (in input video) could be the problem ?
[21:51] <omnibrown> seems ok, cricial is listed as 90 C
[21:51] <omnibrown> from /proc/acpi ...
[21:51] <tgm4883_laptop> omnibrown, i'd think critical more around 70C
[21:51] <omnibrown>  cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/trip_points
[21:51] <omnibrown> critical (S5):           90 C
[21:51] <omnibrown> passive:                 80 C: tc1=4 tc2=3 tsp=60 devices=CPU0
[21:51] <omnibrown> active[0]:               80 C: devices= FAN
[21:51] <omnibrown> that's what's in there
[21:52] <omnibrown> but maybe so
[21:52] <omnibrown> either way it doesn't seem like the cpu is over heating
[21:52] <omnibrown> BTW, I'm trying to play HD mkv/264/avc files with mplayer
[21:53] <omnibrown> no luck :-(
[21:55] <nespinosa> I am erasing my channel. I redo the channel search .
[21:58] <nespinosa> If I understand well, search channel and search guide data is separated. Once you have found your channels, you associate each channels to id guide data. Is that correct ?
[22:02] <nespinosa> Eureka! Thomas!
[22:02] <nespinosa> the live tv works !
[22:07] <nespinosa> Thank you for all. See you.
[23:09] <leprechau> so..I've been playing with the diskless server
[23:09] <leprechau> so far so good
[23:09] <leprechau> I have a couple of diskless boxes up and running
[23:09] <leprechau> problem....my /etc/fstab is always reset on every reboot
[23:09] <leprechau> so my nfs mounts never come back
[23:09] <leprechau> for my videos/recordings/etc...