=== superm1 is now known as superm1|away === superm1|away is now known as superm1 [02:07] mythfrontend is crashing when I back out of Watch Recordings. Is there a known issue that might cause this? [07:00] i 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 fine [12:42] hello [12:42] mornin' [12:42] :) [12:42] tearing my hair out type problem [12:43] * laga nods gravely [12:43] got 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] but mythtv... no sound. [12:44] mplayer, xawtv, kdetv and tvtime, I get sound [12:44] but I can't get sound in caputures in xawtv or mencoder [12:44] captures.. [12:45] (I read somewhere on the net the mm100pctv doesn't produce sound as a sound card, so you need the lead) [12:46] If I remember correctly you have to setup the soundcard to do the capture [12:46] that's what I've been wrestling with [12:46] I'm stumped [12:46] :) [12:46] you're going into the mic? [12:46] I have /dev/dsp setup in mythtv as the audio device... [12:47] have you tried going into the line in? [12:47] yes [12:47] tried that too... [12:47] with capture? [12:47] then I get no sound out of the others either [12:47] that's cause I THINK the mic is doing "Talk Back" [12:47] so you hear it [12:47] try doing a capture with the audio going into the line in [12:48] I'll give it a shot... [12:48] then view that mpg file and see if the file itself has audio [12:48] pretty sure it failed though [12:48] you prolly won't hear sound until you view the captured file [12:49] I'm using a hauppauge so I didn't have that problem [12:49] I very well could be leading you astray.... but that's where I'd start...;) [12:51] does mythtv have a dropdown for that card? [12:52] well, I just tried with mplayer to start with... I'll give mythtv a shot in a sec... no joy [12:52] mencoder tv://45 -oac lavc -ovc lavc -tv forceaudio=yes,alsa,adevice=0.0.4 [12:52] -o test.avi [12:54] still not used to the keybindings in mythtv... what is it to stop a recording, is it just r again? [12:54] r again [12:54] it's a toggle [12:55] and to play it back.. [12:55] go into your recordings [12:55] and just highlight it and click enter [12:56] don't think that took... I still have one in there from last night [12:57] I'll try again [12:57] always seems to come up "record "Unknown"" too [12:58] did you setup your sources? [12:58] and point to schedules direct? [12:58] no schedules, I'm on an analogue card [12:58] if not it will come up unknown...;) [12:58] doesn't matter [12:59] that didn't seem to record again... I'll delete the contents of the capture directory see if that helps... [12:59] myth populates the db with the shedule [12:59] and you tie that to the capture card in the backend setup [12:59] that's how it can pull the name of the show... [13:00] no, no sound [13:01] when you setup that capture card in mythbackend setup [13:01] was there a dropdown for your card? [13:01] it was listed... [13:01] ok [13:02] not as MM100PCTV, but as... [13:02] just a sec [13:02] when you selected that.. did it give a blank there to select something to use for the audio capture? [13:02] mine does audio and video so I'm not real sure how they set that up [13:03] bt849 video (Modular Technology [bttv] [13:03] hrm [13:04] audio device is set to /dev/dsp [13:04] what do you get in your backend logs? [13:05] do a pastebin of your backend log for this last time you just tried to record [13:09] hmm, unknown audio codec [13:09] what do you mean by pastebin? [13:11] the actual error is [13:11] 2008-08-29 12:59:58.686 NVR(/dev/video0) Error: Unknown audio codec [13:11] hrm [13:11] which 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 output [13:11] ? [13:13] is the mythtv-setup thing a dumbed down configurator that doesn't carry all the configuration options? [13:14] is that log from the playback or the capture? [13:14] !pastebin [13:14] when 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. [13:15] go there and paste the last 100 lines or so of your mythbackend log [13:15] right... just a sec [13:19] done [13:19] what's the link? [13:19] after you submit it... copy and paste the link in here [13:20] http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com/m2b164512 [13:23] 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. [13:23] I do see that so far [13:23] well... it is producing a picture... [13:23] TV settings in frontend or backend? [13:23] yeah it's using RTjpeg [13:24] I think those are in the frontend [13:24] sec [13:24] been so long [13:26] yeah that's on the frontend [13:26] reet... what do I do in there? [13:27] util/setup | setup | TV Settings | Recording profiles [13:27] there's 4 of them in there [13:27] that's just to setup the video though [13:28] do you have anything in your video's dir? [13:28] yeah, 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] I've got plenty of videos but I've not moved any into there, no [13:29] try.. then scan for new videos [13:29] just a sec, I'll try changing all these to mpeg4 see if that helps [13:29] then try to play one [13:29] and see if you get audio [13:35] how do you scan for new videos [13:35] I moved an avi into my "capture" directory... went into videos and it said none found [13:36] setup | video manager [13:36] it will scan [13:38] right, no sound still on recordings [13:38] sound on the video [13:39] you have sound on the video? [13:39] yes [13:39] are you using the internal player? [13:39] I didn't setup anything in videos apart from the directory, so I assume so [13:40] I'm not sure if this is right but you can try it [13:41] when you go into the backend setup.. and you setup the capture card... where you have the audio [13:41] you have /dev/dsp right now... correct? [13:41] yep [13:41] try changing it to ALSA:default [13:41] see what happens [13:41] hmmm, I'll give it a shot... [13:45] nope, still no sound. even tried switching between line-in and mic again to see if it made a difference... [13:45] I'm beginning to think this card is more trouble than it's worth and give up/return it [13:45] get a newer one [13:45] my hauppuage was CAKE to setup [13:56] just 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] still no joy with mythtv though [13:57] ALSA:default didn't hold either, it was back to /dev/dsp when I checked it again [13:58] thanks 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 it [13:58] thanks though === superm1 is now known as superm1|away === superm1|away is now known as superm1 [19:12] anything special need to be done to get an usb external hard drive mounted under mythbuntu? [19:13] I get two messages in dmesg that say it found /dev/sdb and /dev/sg2, but I can not list either of those with fdisk -l [19:41] This article was written for feisty and prior. Does it apply to hardy? https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Radeon_9200/9250_(RV280)_and_DVI [19:51] i'd doubt it (without looking at it) [20:25] has anyone tested the last weekly builds? [20:31] Anyone know of a guide to get maximum tv quality? [20:32] i 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? [20:41] tearor, changing the paths for all that would work fine [20:41] FWIW, for 8.10, we make a big /var partition by default [20:53] superm1, I tried changing the directory that it stores to point to another mounted partition, however it doesnt seem to liek that, [20:55] ajhtiredwolf, it should work fine, just make sure you point all occurrences [20:56] superm1, thx [20:56] superm1, if i change the paths in the backend setup, ist that enough? [20:56] superm1, hmm the only thing that is listed under storage groups is Default, and that is the dir i changed [20:57] pointing the standard directory to my /home partition [20:57] ? [20:57] tearor, well that and possibly sections for videos/music/pictures too [20:57] but those are in the frontend [20:57] yeah i changed them too [20:58] superm1, Im trying to save it on an ntfs partition could that be the problem? [20:58] ajhtiredwolf, if the permissions aren't proper on that partition, yes [20:58] the mythtv group has to be able to writ there [20:59] what's the use of the livetv direcory? [21:00] or group [21:02] its where livetv is stored temporarily i believe [21:02] superm1, 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 0 [21:03] ajhtiredwolf, well to check you can log into the mythtv daemon user via "sudo su mythtv" [21:03] and try to touch stuff there [21:04] superm1, okay thx [21:04] ajhtiredwolf, == tearor or no? [21:05] No [21:05] oka just coincidently doing the same thing [21:05] hah yeah I just saw his question, and it reminded me i was having a similar issue ;) [21:06] Hmm now that didnt work [21:07] http://pastebin.com/m5ba8176e [21:09] superm1, actually, here this one [21:11] ajhtiredwolf, that looks like a different kind of error depending on what the backend said during that time [21:13] that was just the whole log, the first one was part of it [21:14] that was a backend log? it looked like a frontend log to me [21:14] but i suppose i could have been mistaken :) === superm1 is now known as superm1|away [21:23] Noo, i just copied it from the terminal :p [22:10] mythfrontend.re[6505]: segfault at b0650100 rip 7fdaea9d5330 rsp 44d6b298 error 6 [22:11] could that be a problem with the fglrx driver? [22:21] Hello everybody [22:22] i would like to install mythbuntu ob my mini-itx via epia m900. [22:22] I formatted my harddrive with the installer and now, when i want to boot, there is an grub error [22:23] how can i fix thode, which information do you need to get the problem= [22:42] what's the standard storage group in mythbuntu by default? i changed but i want it back to default. however, i can't delete my change [22:43] i changed it in the storage menu in the backend setup [22:49] okay the "standard" directory is called "dafault" in enlish [22:49] (i could've guessed that ;) ) [22:57] /var/lib/mythtv/recordings I believe [23:45] hi 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? [23:48] i searched the internet for tutorials but couldn't find anything [23:57] i asked this question in #mythbuntu and they told me that i can do this, but i should ask here