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JohnP789mythfrontend is crashing when I back out of Watch Recordings.  Is there a known issue that might cause this?02:07
khaije1i have a pvr-150 but i'm worried it isn't working right... i can only view two channels, but the tv on the same cable works fine07:00
spike1hello12:42
Aquahallicmornin'12:42
Aquahallic:)12:42
spike1tearing my hair out type problem12:42
* laga nods gravely12:43
spike1got an MM100PCTV yesterday... now, after some wrestling with it, I got it to produce a picture, and eventually sound(by means of a lead from the card to the mic socket)12:43
spike1but mythtv... no sound.12:43
spike1mplayer, xawtv, kdetv and tvtime, I get sound12:44
spike1but I can't get sound in caputures in xawtv or mencoder12:44
spike1captures..12:44
spike1(I read somewhere on the net the mm100pctv doesn't produce sound as a sound card, so you need the lead)12:45
AquahallicIf I remember correctly you have to setup the soundcard to do the capture12:46
spike1that's what I've been wrestling with12:46
spike1I'm stumped12:46
spike1:)12:46
Aquahallicyou're going into the mic?12:46
spike1I have /dev/dsp setup in mythtv as the audio device...12:46
Aquahallichave you tried going into the line in?12:47
spike1yes12:47
spike1tried that too...12:47
Aquahallicwith capture?12:47
spike1then I get no sound out of the others either12:47
Aquahallicthat's cause I THINK the mic is doing "Talk Back"12:47
Aquahallicso you hear it12:47
Aquahallictry doing a capture with the audio going into the line in12:47
spike1I'll give it a shot...12:48
Aquahallicthen view that mpg file and see if the file itself has audio12:48
spike1pretty sure it failed though12:48
Aquahallicyou prolly won't hear sound until you view the captured file12:48
AquahallicI'm using a hauppauge so I didn't have that problem12:49
AquahallicI very well could be leading you astray.... but that's where I'd start...;)12:49
Aquahallicdoes mythtv have a dropdown for that card?12:51
spike1well, I just tried with mplayer to start with... I'll give mythtv a shot in a sec... no joy12:52
spike1mencoder tv://45 -oac lavc -ovc lavc -tv forceaudio=yes,alsa,adevice=0.0.412:52
spike1-o test.avi12:52
spike1still not used to the keybindings in mythtv... what is it to stop a recording, is it just r again?12:54
Aquahallicr again12:54
Aquahallicit's a toggle12:54
spike1and to play it back..12:55
Aquahallicgo into your recordings12:55
Aquahallicand just highlight it and click enter12:55
spike1don't think that took... I still have one in there from last night12:56
spike1I'll try again12:57
spike1always seems to come up "record "Unknown"" too12:57
Aquahallicdid you setup your sources?12:58
Aquahallicand point to schedules direct?12:58
spike1no schedules, I'm on an analogue card12:58
Aquahallicif not it will come up unknown...;)12:58
Aquahallicdoesn't matter12:58
spike1that didn't seem to record again... I'll delete the contents of the capture directory see if that helps...12:59
Aquahallicmyth populates the db with the shedule12:59
Aquahallicand you tie that to the capture card in the backend setup12:59
Aquahallicthat's how it can pull the name of the show...12:59
spike1no, no sound13:00
Aquahallicwhen you setup that capture card in mythbackend setup13:01
Aquahallicwas there a dropdown for your card?13:01
spike1it was listed...13:01
Aquahallicok13:01
spike1not as MM100PCTV, but as...13:02
spike1just a sec13:02
Aquahallicwhen you selected that.. did it give a blank there to select something to use for the audio capture?13:02
Aquahallicmine does audio and video so I'm not real sure how they set that up13:02
spike1bt849 video (Modular Technology [bttv]13:03
Aquahallichrm13:03
spike1audio device is set to /dev/dsp13:04
Aquahallicwhat do you get in your backend logs?13:04
Aquahallicdo a pastebin of your backend log for this last time you just tried to record13:05
spike1hmm, unknown audio codec13:09
spike1what do you mean by pastebin?13:09
spike1the actual error is13:11
spike12008-08-29 12:59:58.686 NVR(/dev/video0) Error: Unknown audio codec13:11
Aquahallichrm13:11
spike1which seems logical cos the video0 isn't producing audio... it should be getting it from /dev/dsp though shouldn't it? or is audio device just for output13:11
spike1?13:11
spike1is the mythtv-setup thing a dumbed down configurator that doesn't carry all the configuration options?13:13
Aquahallicis that log from the playback or the capture?13:14
Aquahallic!pastebin13:14
Zinnwhen pasting more than 5 lines of data please use http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com so you don't flood the channel.  Then please post the link in the channel.13:14
Aquahallicgo there and paste the last 100 lines or so of your mythbackend log13:15
spike1right... just a sec13:15
spike1done13:19
Aquahallicwhat's the link?13:19
Aquahallicafter you submit it... copy and paste the link in here13:19
spike1http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com/m2b16451213:20
AquahallicNVR(/dev/video0): Unknown video codec.  Please go into the TV Settings, Recording Profiles and setup the four 'Software Encoders' profiles.  Assuming RTjpeg for now.13:23
AquahallicI do see that so far13:23
spike1well... it is producing a picture...13:23
spike1TV settings in frontend or backend?13:23
Aquahallicyeah it's using RTjpeg13:23
AquahallicI think those are in the frontend13:24
Aquahallicsec13:24
Aquahallicbeen so long13:24
Aquahallicyeah that's on the frontend13:26
spike1reet... what do I do in there?13:26
Aquahallicutil/setup | setup | TV Settings | Recording profiles13:27
Aquahallicthere's 4 of them in there13:27
Aquahallicthat's just to setup the video though13:27
Aquahallicdo you have anything in your video's dir?13:28
spike1yeah, I'm there, mpeg4 is the only other option, I'll try it, but I'm not sure if the card outputs mpeg4 yet...13:28
spike1I've got plenty of videos but I've not moved any into there, no13:28
Aquahallictry.. then scan for new videos13:29
spike1just a sec, I'll try changing all these to mpeg4 see if that helps13:29
Aquahallicthen try to play one13:29
Aquahallicand see if you get audio13:29
spike1how do you scan for new videos13:35
spike1I moved an avi into my "capture" directory... went into videos and it said none found13:35
Aquahallicsetup | video manager13:36
Aquahallicit will scan13:36
spike1right, no sound still on recordings13:38
spike1sound on the video13:38
Aquahallicyou have sound on the video?13:39
spike1yes13:39
Aquahallicare you using the internal player?13:39
spike1I didn't setup anything in videos apart from the directory, so I assume so13:39
AquahallicI'm not sure if this is right but you can try it13:40
Aquahallicwhen you go into the backend setup.. and you setup the capture card... where you have the audio13:41
Aquahallicyou have /dev/dsp right now... correct?13:41
spike1yep13:41
Aquahallictry changing it to ALSA:default13:41
Aquahallicsee what happens13:41
spike1hmmm, I'll give it a shot...13:41
spike1nope, still no sound. even tried switching between line-in and mic again to see if it made a difference...13:45
spike1I'm beginning to think this card is more trouble than it's worth and give up/return it13:45
spike1get a newer one13:45
Aquahallicmy hauppuage was CAKE to setup13:45
spike1just had a minor breakthrough, switch to the mic socket on the front of the machine and managed to get some audio via mencoder capture...13:56
spike1still no joy with mythtv though13:56
spike1ALSA:default didn't hold either, it was back to /dev/dsp when I checked it again13:57
spike1thanks anyway, need to pop out for a bit and I'll probably just settle for mplayer/mencoder... only thing that needs is an audio lag tweek now by the looks of it13:58
spike1thanks though13:58
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jsheedyanything special need to be done to get an usb external hard drive mounted under mythbuntu?19:12
jsheedyI get two messages in dmesg that say it found /dev/sdb  and /dev/sg2, but I can not list either of those with fdisk -l19:13
LemontThis article was written for feisty and prior. Does it apply to hardy? https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Radeon_9200/9250_(RV280)_and_DVI19:41
lagai'd doubt it (without looking at it)19:51
elkinhas anyone tested the last weekly builds?20:25
ajhtiredwolfAnyone know of a guide to get maximum tv quality?20:31
tearori just found out that you should use an extra partition for /lib/... because mythtv saves everything there, but i created a big /home partition... is it enough to change the paths in the frontend configuration to ~/Videos, etc? or should i expect some problems with that?20:32
superm1tearor, changing the paths for all that would work fine20:41
superm1FWIW, for 8.10, we make a big /var partition by default20:41
ajhtiredwolfsuperm1, I tried changing the directory that it stores to point to another mounted partition, however it doesnt seem to liek that,20:53
superm1ajhtiredwolf, it should work fine, just make sure you point all occurrences20:55
tearorsuperm1, thx20:56
tearorsuperm1, if i change the paths in the backend setup, ist that enough?20:56
ajhtiredwolfsuperm1, hmm the only thing that is listed under storage groups is Default, and that is the dir i changed20:56
tearorpointing the standard directory to my /home partition20:57
tearor?20:57
superm1tearor, well that and possibly sections for videos/music/pictures too20:57
superm1but those are in the frontend20:57
tearoryeah i changed them too20:57
ajhtiredwolfsuperm1, Im trying to save it on an ntfs partition could that be the problem?20:58
superm1ajhtiredwolf, if the permissions aren't proper on that partition, yes20:58
superm1the mythtv group has to be able to writ there20:58
tearorwhat's the use of the livetv direcory?20:59
tearoror group21:00
superm1its where livetv is stored temporarily i believe21:02
ajhtiredwolfsuperm1, hmm well i should have the ability read and write, it is set to /dev/sdb2 /media/files vfat defaults,utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 021:02
superm1ajhtiredwolf, well to check you can log into the mythtv daemon user via "sudo su mythtv"21:03
superm1and try to touch stuff there21:03
tearorsuperm1, okay thx21:04
superm1ajhtiredwolf, == tearor or no?21:04
ajhtiredwolfNo21:05
superm1oka just coincidently doing the same thing21:05
ajhtiredwolfhah yeah I just saw his question, and it reminded me i was having a similar issue ;)21:05
ajhtiredwolfHmm now that didnt work21:06
ajhtiredwolfhttp://pastebin.com/m5ba8176e21:07
ajhtiredwolfsuperm1, actually, here this one21:09
superm1ajhtiredwolf, that looks like a different kind of error depending on what the backend said during that time21:11
ajhtiredwolfthat was just the whole log, the first one was part of it21:13
superm1that was a backend log?  it looked like a frontend log to me21:14
superm1but i suppose i could have been mistaken :)21:14
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ajhtiredwolfNoo, i just copied it from the terminal :p21:23
tearor mythfrontend.re[6505]: segfault at b0650100 rip 7fdaea9d5330 rsp 44d6b298 error 622:10
tearorcould that be a problem with the fglrx driver?22:11
anax83Hello everybody22:21
anax83i would like to install mythbuntu ob my mini-itx via epia m900.22:22
anax83I formatted my harddrive with the installer and now, when i want to boot, there is an grub error22:22
anax83how can i fix thode, which information do you need to get the problem=22:23
tearorwhat's the standard storage group in mythbuntu by default? i changed but i want it back to default. however, i can't delete my change22:42
tearori changed it in the storage menu in the backend setup22:43
tearorokay the "standard" directory is called "dafault" in enlish22:49
tearor(i could've guessed that ;) )22:49
rhpot1991 /var/lib/mythtv/recordings I believe22:57
rockyrockhi guys, i have skystar2 DVB card and i downloaded mythbuntu 8.04.1, can i install and setup mythtv on my Ubuntu Hardy 8.04.1 using mythbuntu cd without internet cuz i have a slow internet?23:45
rockyrocki searched the internet for tutorials but couldn't find anything23:48
rockyrocki asked this question in #mythbuntu and they told me that i can do this, but i should ask here23:57

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