[00:12] Hey all [00:13] First time Myth guy and I have what hopefully is a simple question for you pros... [00:13] Anyone up for taking the question? [00:13] !ask | Brik [00:13] Brik: Please don't ask if anyone is around or if it is alright to ask a question. Many people check back periodically and may answer your question when they see it. IRC is not normally an instant fix so check back often for an answer. [00:14] ok - I'll ask away... [00:14] Dell laptop, D620, Svideo out from dock... [00:14] MythTV GUI looks fine on standard def tv [00:15] I used a bittorrent client to DL a video [00:15] It played fine on laptop LCD [00:16] Now when svideo is connected I get blue screen on TV and 1/2 of picture on laptop screen. [00:16] So, where do I go to tweaks video? [00:16] make sense? [00:16] yep [00:16] sounds like your tv isn't getting a resolution that it likes so it is blue, and the laptop is trying to span multiple screens [00:17] makes sense [00:17] except the mythtv gui looks fine on tv [00:17] what do you play videos with? [00:17] maybe a graphics driver issue? [00:17] player has its own resolution settings? [00:18] default with latest stable build of mythbuntu [00:18] what is playing the files though, mythvideo? [00:18] you don't use xine or vlc? [00:18] or vlc or something [00:18] not sure which playber mythbuntu uses by default, stand by, i'll check [00:19] when the frontend gui is on screen, are both the tv and the lcd the same? ie, are they mirror mode? [00:19] Brik, it uses internal [00:20] yes, mirror mode - mplayer? [00:20] I think I know the problem [00:21] I just got to think of the technical terms, as it's escaping me right now [00:21] basically it will only play video on one screen at a time [00:21] and your main screen is the LCD [00:21] we need to change that to be the TV [00:21] Whats weired is before I connected svideo output it played on laptop OK [00:22] when I play now I get the left half of the video on the laptop and blue screen on tv [00:22] hmm [00:22] yea that really does sound like a resolution issue though [00:23] what happens when you close the frontend altogether [00:23] of course its in a different room than the PC I'm at now :( [00:23] is the desktop stretched across both displays? [00:23] I should have installed IRC on the laptop [00:23] apt-get install xchat ;) [00:23] No, desktop is not stretched.. [00:23] and the mouse is showing up on both desktops then? [00:24] myth GUI looks virtually perfect on laptop and TV at same time [00:24] issue comes when I play the video [00:24] yes, mouse on both at same time (mirrord as you put it) [00:26] I was describing a problem earlier where I had broken my xorg.conf. Well now I've got it back to the (nearly working) state it was in before. [00:26] The MythTV GUI is working fine on my standard def PAL TV, but as soon as I click watch TV it rolls so that it's impossible to see. [00:26] going to other room to install xchat BRB [00:27] As if there's a problem with the resolution or the freq or something [00:30] Brik here, I,m at laptop now [00:32] brianBrik, whats your video card? [00:33] unsure [00:33] what kind of laptop? [00:33] D620 Dell with docking station [00:34] ah thats right [00:34] nvid [00:35] i think [00:35] it's a strange problem [00:35] lets try another video program [00:35] do you have xine or vlc installed? [00:35] was just going there [00:35] i have vlc [00:36] not sure how to browse file open with a .directory :( sorry basic stuff, I'm new to this [00:36] I'm not sure I understand [00:36] .dir are hidden [00:36] so you could view hidden files and directories in the file explorer [00:37] but i'm not sure what you are trying to accomplish with that [00:37] right, my vid file is on a hidden directory (azarious defaut dir) [00:37] ah [00:37] yep, stand by [00:38] ok, interesting, opposite issue. [00:39] in vlc I have a blue window on laptop screen and see video on TV [00:39] interesting [00:39] Weird, I make the vid full screen and it swaps, I see it fine on laptop but get blue on TV [00:42] anyone know the status of the mythbuntu-trunk-0.22 PPA? [00:42] weirder, as I rezize the VLC window I get to a point where the blue window on laptop changes to a picture and the tv changes to blue [00:49] Seems like I have some weird extra wide desktop thing going on [00:50] So, is there a video config wizzard in mythbuntu? [00:52] HEY! XINE works, full screen video looks fine on TV [00:54] Funny, I need to watch 1958 "The Blob", long story. [00:54] BRB [01:01] Any ideas why Myth GUI would work fine but the "Watch TV" would cause the picture to instantly scramble, as if the resolution or frequency were off? [01:03] jimboprobs, when thats happening, what happens if you go to the guide, is it scrambled too? [01:05] As soon as I hit "Watch TV" it scrambles. [01:05] jimboprobs, right, but then hit the guide button [01:05] what happens? [01:05] By "guide" do you mean Manage - Schedule Recordings - Programme Guide? [01:06] no [01:06] i mean when it is scrambled [01:06] Hit M [01:06] a little menu should pop up [01:06] is that menu scrambled? [01:08] Yes, once it' scrambled it stays scrambled until I restart X. So if I press esc to get back to the main menu that's scrambled. I press esc then down then enter to quite MythTV and the desktop is scrambled too. [01:08] wow, thats strange [01:09] Possibly a driver bug [01:09] Does MythTV try to change resolution when it goes into Watch TV mode? [01:10] No [01:11] btw, this is only a problem on my TV - if I plug the same box into a monitor it seems to go into "Watch TV" mode OK. But I'd expect the monitor to be able to handle different settings better than my old TV anyway [01:12] Odd [01:17] Don't know if this is relevant, but if I use the Xorg Config tool (launched from the Mythbuntu config) it has the Res at 640x480 and freq at 60Hz. As this is a UK PAL TV I'd expect that to be 50 Hz, and one of the websites I read seemed to suggest 400x300. [01:17] But the drop downs don't offer any alternatives [01:51] superm1: ping [02:05] tgm - Thanks for your willingness to help. I have made some progress but I need to sign out now. [02:06] bye === foxbuntu is now known as fatman === fatman is now known as foxbuntu [06:24] anyone know anything about when there will be some builds of 0.22 trunk available? [06:24] there's a PPA, but nothing in it: https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu-trunk-0.22/+archive [10:36] Hi, I asked about something that looks to me like a resolution problem a few hours back, which had everyone who was online then foxed. Should I repost the query for any new people online now, or will you be able to scroll back up the logs? (Apologies, don't know the correct etiquette in these situations.) [10:38] just repost [10:38] its been hours [10:39] OK, thanks [10:39] The MythTV GUI is working fine on my standard def PAL TV, but as soon as I click watch TV it rolls so that it's impossible to see. [10:39] As if there's a problem with the resolution or the freq or something [10:40] Once I click "Watch TV" it goes scrambled and stays that way until I restart X [10:40] shot in the dark here: Check the tv playback profile settings [11:15] Sorry for that, had to step out for a few minutes. Got a new symptom now - I left the machine in Myth GUI, it went into screen saver, when I woke it up it was in the scrambled state. [11:17] By "TV playback profile settings" did you mean: Utilities/setup - Setup - TV Settings - Playback? [11:18] And now that I've seen the problem without it being on TV mode, I guess that suggests the problem is somewhere else? [11:20] I'm using a PAL TV here (UK), but the Xorg configuration thing says that it's set to 60Hz. I'd expect 50Hz. [11:39] By "TV playback profile settings" did you mean: Utilities/setup - Setup - TV Settings - Playback? [11:39] yes [11:39] I'm using a PAL TV here (UK), but the Xorg configuration thing says that it's set to 60Hz. I'd expect 50Hz. [11:39] Your xorg.conf refresh rate is just for your desktop [11:40] I would double check your mythtv backend settings [11:40] Make sure PAl is set everywhere [11:45] OK, I'm looking through backend settings, not spotted anything that looks like it should be PAL that isn't yet. But I have got something that might be another symptom - the scaling is such that I can't see the Next/Cancel buttons at the bottom of the screen. [12:19] I could only find one place in the backend settings where there's an option for PAL - I tried it on both PAL and PAL-I with no effect. [12:22] Through the frontend though, under settings - setup - appearance there's a screen called "Video mode settings" which offers a choice for separate video modes for GUI and TV playback. If I try clicking that the only option is 640x480 at 60Hz for both. [16:46] can some one help me get mythtv running? I've installed frontend, backend etc, and I think the video card is supported but it won't show tv === rhpot1993 is now known as rhpot1992 === rhpot1992 is now known as rhpot1991 [18:59] I have a weird failur on my mythsystem, I have a "nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600 GT]" where I use the S-VHS out. some time the image starts to run like only 1 fps. When I restart the X server it runs smooth until next time, does anyone have a idea? [19:27] Hi. I asked a few hours back about a problem I'm having on a Myth setup I'm trying to get running. I'm trying to output to a UK TV - PAL. Myth GUI and the desktop work fine, but when I go to "watch tv" the screen rolls to the point that it's impossible to tell what it is. It stays like that until I restart X [19:30] It looks like a resolution an/or frequency problem to me. Various config screens say 60 Hz and don't give me any options - I would have assumed that a UK TV would have wanted 50 Hz.