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olskolirccan I dual boot with mythbuntu?00:11
olskolircand can i get compiz-fusion on mythbuntu/00:12
olskolirc?00:12
tgm4883_laptopolskolirc, it sounds like you really just want the mythtv stuff on a ubuntu machine00:17
olskolircyeah tgm4883 but I don't know how to install it and it keeps going full screen and sending me back to the beginning without saving anything anyway00:22
olskolircthe run-around00:22
zabbadappi'm trying to install a client, but after the normal install i end up on the live-cd desktop telling me to click "install" to install ... if i reboot at that point it won't boot00:23
zabbadappmythbuntu 8.04 ...00:23
zabbadappi go through the advanced route and select "client -- needs existing server on the network" and so on00:24
zabbadappwtf, how should the live-cd frontend work? i select mysql host and password, test connection, "save & start", "start session" ... but nothing happen00:49
ZaphodI'm moving away from VistaMC - I've had it.  Trying to get mythbuntu up and running.  I've got 6 500GB drives NTFS format with ripped DVD content in individua labeled folders each with a folder.jpg for cover art.  I don't have room to transfer them once I get mythbuntu running.  Would I be better off hosting the drives on another server, then adding the cifs mounts to fstab or could I easily mount the drives in the system?00:50
hadsYou should be able to mount NTFS drives okay these days I believe.00:51
ZaphodWhere should I mount the ripped content to show up okay?  I see mythdvd and mythtv?00:52
hadsmythvideo will take care of playing them for you00:52
hadsYou can mount them anywhere you like really and either symlink them into the existing mythvideo dir or change the mythtv setup to point to your mount points.00:53
Zaphodsymlink?  Sorry, nix noob00:53
hadsIn mythfrontend you can setup the mythvideo directory, to add multiple directories delimit them with colons a la /mnt/foo:/mnt/bar:/mnt/baz00:53
Zaphodah, googled symlink too, thanks...00:54
hadsnp00:54
Zaphodwill mythvideo handle the cover art, or do I need to move/modify it somehow?00:54
Zaphodre - mythfrontend multiple directories - will I need to set that on each frontend or will it translate through to other front ends once I set it up on the main server?00:56
hadsIt won't pick up on them automatically out of the folders by default. You'll either need to use some sort of IMDB script (included) to populate the database, or insert the picture locations into the databse by hand.00:56
hadsmythvideo setup is individual to each frontend.00:56
hadsYou'll need to make sure the videos are mounted in the same place on each frontend00:57
Zaphodmy wrists are aching thinking about the by hand update.00:57
ZaphodIMDB searches seem to cause more problems than they solve for me, but that's another matter.00:57
hadsWell by hand and actually meant write a script to insert the locations.00:58
ZaphodI guess since it's not windows I can just /folder.jpg it...00:59
hadsThere's a script included with mythvideo called find_meta.py which will do bulk lookups from imdb00:59
zabbadappmyth can show folder-images in certain view modes: http://www.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2007-January/164496.html00:59
hadsGood point, I never use gallery view myself.01:00
zabbadappyes, unfortunately its only for the worst view ...01:00
hadsHaving the database populated with synopsis info etc. from IMDB is nice though.01:00
Zaphodyeah, but I always ended up with a lot of bad data - using similar db lookup tools in mediaportal01:01
Zaphodso I ended up just by hand creating folder.jpg's and sorting them that way.  Never much cared for the search by actor and such...01:02
hads*shrug* works well for me.01:02
zabbadappmy movies never live long enough to make it worth adding imdb metadata (for which the interface is not so good ... every video on disk in one long list, disregardning any directory structure) ...if it was possible to look up imdb directly from mythvideo for a certain movie, then i would actually use it01:02
hadszabbadapp: I never use the video manager, I do it from the command line. Also I believe your idea is being implemented in trunk at the moment.01:03
hadsAs part of the mythui rewrite01:03
ZaphodI always had dozens I had to go back in and fix by hand through the mediaportal interface - for instance imdb search "the never ending story" and tell me why I was having problems...01:03
hads*shrug* works well for me.01:04
ZaphodIt would rename and list it as Unendliche Geschichte, Die - 198401:04
zabbadappnice!! fortunately the setting to mirror disk layout w.o. having to rescan the collection makes mythvideo quite usable for everyday use anyway ... good tip for anyone frustrated :-)01:04
Zaphodyes, all good input, thank you all for your time.01:05
Zaphodhmm..running a test here, just moved /akira into /var/lib/mythtv/videos - go to watch videos and get no files found - checked path under media - video - general settings.  Something I need to do to get it to recornize a folder containing ripped content?01:07
Zaphod(VIDEO_TS...)01:08
zabbadappeither you need to go to the mythvideo utility page and rescan you collection, or you can set mythvideo to immediately show what's on disk ... or you may have to add a file-extension01:09
Zaphodgot it - success...01:11
zabbadappeven if you want to store metadata in the db, you can still have mythvideo to mirror disk content ... files without metadata will show up as is without rescanning then01:11
zabbadapp... so, anyone successfully tried live-usbstick frontend with mythbuntu? i'm going mad soon01:15
hadsNot I01:16
dsbwGreetings all: I'm trying to install 8.04 on a new mobo, but I can't get past initramfs. I've been advised to try turning of ACPI, but that seems to be for an already installed system. I need to install. The motherboard is thisi new one: http://www.uabit.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=48&page=1&model=41901:31
zabbadappset sata to ide-mode? native sata won't work for my combo anyway.01:57
dsbwzabbadapp: Who is that directed at?01:59
zabbadappyou can have it if you want :)02:00
zabbadappdsbw:  i don't know at what point ramfs happens, but another trick is to use the failsafe graphics mode for too new (nvidia) videocards that need the closed driver that isn't installed until reboot.02:06
dsbwzabbadapp: Really? Oh, cool, let me try that.02:08
zabbadappit's somewhere on the very first bootscreen ... "F4 for other options" or something like that02:10
dsbwzabbadapp: Yeah. Damn it. I tried "safe graphics" mode and same thing, initramfs.02:10
zabbadappchange sata mode or acpi setting in BIOS ?02:12
dsbwzabbadapp: My ACPI settings are limited. I can change th suspend type from s1-s3. Everything else is disabled. SATA...02:14
dsbw...is enabled  OnChip SATA controller02:15
dsbwer, enabld for OnChip SATA controller.02:15
dsbw...disabling it causes DISK BOOT FAILURE02:16
zabbadappdsbw:  have you installed anything else on it so you know it's ok? or tried the ram-tester?02:17
dsbw...I disabled the floppy earlier because that was giving me a whole bunch of errors before sending me to initramfs02:17
dsbwzabbadapp: This is a box that I've used fora while, but replaced the mobo because I couldn't get the previous mobo to work to my satisfaction. (Specifically, the previous mobo had an ATI graphics chipset which was too slow with the standard drivers while the latest ATI drivers made hash out of MythTV's frontend.)02:19
dsbwzabbadapp: running the memory tester now and....so far so good.02:22
dsbw...also, it actually did boot and work, though not well, after I switched the mobo. Which is fairly impressive when you think about it.02:23
dsbwHey, does MemTest86 ever stop?03:06
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hadsIt's typical to run it or 12-24 hours03:13
hadss/t or/t for/03:14
cbrunnerhey04:44
cbrunnerhow do I add another directory to be available through nfs04:45
cbrunnerbesides the default ones04:45
cbrunnervideos,music, games04:45
cbrunneror videos, music, pictures, recordings04:45
cbrunnerI mean04:45
cbrunneror is it possible to make a sym linked directory work in nfs?04:45
balzI have a PVR150 in my myth box.  Is it possible to get a game console to work through the composite-in jacks in the back of the card?08:14
balzthe idea would be to access the game console through the myth interface with a remmote08:14
tgm4883_laptopno08:30
tgm4883_laptopyou left08:30
tgm4883_laptopbut the answer is no08:30
cannanyone know if theres still tuning problems with WinTV-NOVA-S-Plus under 2.6.24-19 ? acording to the linuxtv wiki there was/is an issue under 2.6.22-1409:13
cannusing latest v4l btw09:13
cannand no diseqc atm09:14
humehello...anyone around? i have a newly installed mythbuntu box, with a few problems: watching movies, that is, locally stored mpg and avi-files, work well. but DVDs and live TV both stutters and jumps... DVDs are set to be played by internal. anone got ideas on what to check, change?14:35
Arbyafternoon, I'm having trouble with jerky tv playback on my mythbuntu box following an upgrade from gutsy to hardy.15:16
ArbyI have no idea what settings control this, where should I be looking for the source of the problem?15:16
rhpot1991arby mess around with the playback profiles15:47
rhpot1991try slim perhaps15:47
Arbyrhpot1991: thanks for the pointer15:52
Arbyrhpot1991: where those configured?15:52
Arbythis thing has an insane number of settings15:52
rhpot1991http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Playback_profiles15:55
Arbythanks15:55
rhpot1991setup > tv settings15:55
rhpot1991somewhere in there15:55
feltisany quick and painless (relativly) way to move from linux kernel 2.6.24 -> 2.6.27 without upgrading everything?15:58
Arbysuccess :D16:13
Arbydisabling OpenGL vertical sync for timing was the answer16:14
Arbythanks for the pointers16:14
TetsuHi16:42
TetsuAnyone ever able to get a Conexant Falcon II working in Mythbuntu?16:43
TetsuAnyone ever able to get a Conexant Falcon II working in Mythbuntu?16:50
superm1!weekend | Tetsu17:02
ZinnTetsu: It's a weekend.  Often on weekends a lot of the community may not be around to answer your question.  Please be patient, wait longer than you normally would, or try again during the week.17:02
superm1!ask | Tetsu17:02
ZinnTetsu: 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.17:02
superm1feltis, you can grab the kernel package from intrepid and install it on hardy, but expect a few things like proprietary drivers to not work17:03
Tetsusorry this problem been driving me nuts all weekend17:06
Tetsuthe last little hurtle in pretty much getting windows off my computer17:07
Tetsuhurdle*17:07
Tetsuits commin up  Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)17:09
Tetsubut i'm getting no device read at all17:09
superm1well that sounds like it might be supported by ivtv, but if it was, it would have come up on it's own17:15
Tetsuya17:15
TetsuI was reading around most of the weekend17:15
TetsuIts out of a HP media center17:15
Tetsui've heard people say its commin up with no problem in MEPIS but i have yet to find a solution17:16
superm1well folks who have it working in MEPIS, you need to ask them what driver it's using17:19
tgm4883_laptop Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)17:21
tgm4883_laptopsuperm1, ^^17:21
superm1what about it?17:21
tgm4883_laptopthats a PVR-500 comes up as17:21
superm1i thought it was quite similar to the pvr-xxx17:22
superm1but i wasnt positive17:22
superm1that's why i thought it might be supported by ivtv17:22
tgm4883_laptopWouldn't that indicate that it uses the same driver?17:22
superm1well if it has a different pci-id, that id might need to be added to the ivtv driver17:24
superm1which could mean it's just a bug17:24
superm1the drivers match on pci-ids (lspci -nn)17:25
tgm4883_laptop02:08.0 Multimedia video controller [0400]: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder [4444:0016] (rev 01)17:26
tgm4883_laptopalthough you really need Tetsu's, and I just realize he left17:27
massabuntuhi, please check  this post, i have problem to make work the change-channel script inside mythtv while outside, in the shell, the script is full working.   http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=92438818:37
cbrunnerhey, how do I add a new NFS share besides the ones mythbuntu creates18:39
cbrunnerI tried editing /etc/exports18:39
cbrunnerad restarting the nfs stuff18:39
cbrunnerbut it doesnt show up18:40
massabuntuoutput of exportfs?18:41
cbrunnerhow do i check that18:42
massabuntuexportfs in the shell =)18:42
cbrunnerhaha18:42
cbrunnerit shows up there18:42
cbrunnerthe new one I made18:42
massabuntuso it show the new one?18:42
cbrunneryep18:43
cbrunnerbut when I connect to the nfs share18:43
cbrunnerits not there18:43
cbrunnerjust the other ones18:43
massabuntuok, try to restart portmap server too18:43
cbrunner/etc/init.d portmap restart?18:43
massabuntuyep18:43
cbrunnerstill not showing up18:46
cbrunneris there anything else you have to edit18:46
cbrunnerbecause how does it determine the share name18:46
cbrunnerI dont see if in /etc/exports18:46
tgm4883_laptopcbrunner, share name?18:46
cbrunneryea18:47
cbrunnerlike when I connect to the NFS from my mac18:47
cbrunnereach one has a name, music, videos, recordings18:47
cbrunneris that just the directory name that it uses18:47
cbrunneror does it have to be set somewhere18:47
tgm4883_laptopcould be, I wasn't aware you could just browse NFS shares18:48
massabuntuplease post your /etc/exports18:48
cbrunnerhttp://pastebin.com/m521e9cd818:49
tgm4883_laptopare you sure you aren't browsing samba shares?18:51
cbrunnerI think I am18:52
cbrunnerbrowsing samba shares18:52
cbrunnerwhats do you edit for samba?18:53
massabuntuehi18:54
massabuntu127.0.0.0/24(ro,async,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check)18:54
cbrunnerI think I am using samba shares I guess18:55
cbrunnernot nfs18:55
massabuntumeans tha you server share his directory with itslef18:55
cbrunnerI just copied the other18:55
massabuntui guess 'cause with that /etc/export u are not share anything18:55
cbrunnerand put the new directories18:55
tgm4883_laptop/etc/samba/smb.conf18:56
cbrunnerahhh18:56
cbrunnerthere we go18:56
cbrunnerthats what I was looking for18:56
cbrunnerlet me see if I reboot my mac it works cause its kinda in a weird state18:58
tgm4883_laptoplike denmark?18:59
massabuntunow i have a question, anyone was be able to control his Sarellite Box with an IR BLASTER???18:59
tgm4883_laptopsorry, I use serial/usb cables18:59
massabuntu=(19:02
massabuntuit's strange because the script to change channel work in the shell, but don't work inside mythtv19:02
tgm4883_laptopmassabuntu, can you post your backend logs?19:03
massabuntuHow?19:04
tgm4883_laptop!pastebin | massabuntu19:04
Zinnmassabuntu: 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.19:04
tgm4883_laptop!logs | massabuntu19:05
Zinnmassabuntu: MythTV logs are stored in /var/log/mythtv/19:05
massabuntuok19:05
massabuntuhttp://mythbuntu.pastebin.com/m1c16796019:06
tgm4883_laptophmm19:07
tgm4883_laptopthats a rather short log.  Could you go into your frontend, try to change the channel (unsuccessfully) then repost you backend log19:07
massabuntui cut the log19:08
massabuntui post more19:08
tgm4883_laptopyea post the whole thing19:08
tgm4883_laptopor at least the last 50 lines19:08
massabuntuhttp://mythbuntu.pastebin.com/m2167de2c19:09
massabuntuthis is the good one sorry19:09
massabuntui think the proble m is here 2008-09-21 20:04:15.167 Channel(/dev/video0) Error: GetCurrentChannelNum(101): Failed to find Channel19:10
massabuntu2008-09-21 20:04:15.169 Channel(/dev/video0)::TuneTo(101): Error, failed to find channel.19:10
tgm4883_laptopI think theres your problem19:10
tgm4883_laptop#19:10
tgm4883_laptop2008-09-21 20:04:15.167 Channel(/dev/video0) Error: GetCurrentChannelNum(101): Failed to find Channel19:10
tgm4883_laptop#19:10
tgm4883_laptop2008-09-21 20:04:15.169 Channel(/dev/video0)::TuneTo(101): Error, failed to find channel.19:10
tgm4883_laptop#19:10
tgm4883_laptop2008-09-21 20:04:15.170 TVRec(1) Error: Failed to set channel to 108.19:10
tgm4883_laptop#19:10
tgm4883_laptop2008-09-21 20:04:15.182 Finished recording Unknown: channel 614819:10
tgm4883_laptop#19:10
tgm4883_laptop2008-09-21 20:04:16.215 Finished recording Unknown: channel 614819:10
massabuntuyes19:10
massabuntubut how i fix it?19:11
tgm4883_laptophow is your sat box connected to your mythtv box?19:11
massabuntucomposite on Hauppauge 25019:12
massabuntuonly composite imput is acitve19:12
tgm4883_laptopok19:12
tgm4883_laptopwhere do you get guide data from?19:12
massabuntuu saw this "Error: GetCurrentChannelNum(101)"19:12
massabuntuxmltv19:12
massabuntumaybe the problem is oin the file where the channel are setted19:12
tgm4883_laptopit would indicate that mythtv doesn't know about channel 10819:13
tgm4883_laptopi think19:13
massabuntuyes but where the channel number are setted?19:14
tgm4883_laptopthis would be in either the db or your xmltv setting19:15
massabuntunow work!!!19:18
massabuntui found the problem!.19:18
massabuntui setted in the backend > imput connction>19:18
massabuntupreset for tuner19:19
massabuntui setted it to 101 while i had to leave blank19:19
tgm4883_laptopso it works now?19:19
massabuntuwhat a stupid19:19
massabuntu=)19:19
massabuntuyes19:19
tgm4883_laptopgood19:19
tgm4883_laptopmikal, ping22:21
nexusphreezhey23:03
tgm4883_laptophi?23:04
nexusphreezI have an issue with sound.23:04
tgm4883_laptopmythbuntu was never meant to be used with sound23:04
nexusphreezI get no sound durring dvd playback or while watching tv on the tv tuner23:04
nexusphreezlol ,sounds fair23:05
nexusphreezno pun intended23:05
tgm4883_laptopdo you get sound outside of mythtv?23:05
nexusphreezyea, I get sound playing video files like avi and mpg and the such.23:05
nexusphreezin and out of mythtv23:05
tgm4883_laptopfrontend errors?23:06
nexusphreeznope23:06
nexusphreeznone that i have seen anyway23:06
nexusphreezI should say, that i noticed it after letting mythbuntu run a bunch of updates a few month ago.  I just haven't done anything about it until now.23:07
nexusphreezI have no idea what updates it did at the time. There were 20 or 30 of them.23:08
nexusphreezhmmm..  I also installed a sound equalizer, alsa mixer, around that time as well.23:09
nexusphreezI had to install the sound mixer as the audio levels in mythbuntu were too low listen to anything.   And the sound setup in mythbuntu did not change anything.  Once I installed the mixer, I was able to increase audio levels for everything else.23:11
nexusphreezany ideas?  Could it just be a setting in the Alsa Mixer that is causing me to not have any sound in dvd playback and tv viewing?23:12
tgm4883_laptopnexusphreez, you are using all the internal players?23:15
tgm4883_laptopor are you using xine or vlc?23:15
nexusphreezHow do i find out, because in the mythbuntu control centre i have MPlayer, Xine and VLC all selected.23:17
nexusphreezor would this be something in the mythbuntu frontend setup?23:17
tgm4883_laptopwhen you select a dvd to play, do you see a new window open?23:18
nexusphreezoh hold on let me try.23:19
nexusphreezsorry, the dvd player is set to Internal.23:22
nexusphreezand it does not open in a seprate window23:23
tgm4883_laptophmm23:24
nexusphreezcan i set it to use one of the other players?23:25
tgm4883_laptopyea you can set it to xine or vlc23:25
tgm4883_laptophttp://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Configuring_Xine23:26
superm1!vlc | nexusphreez23:27
Zinnnexusphreez: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/VLC23:27
superm1!xine nexusphreez23:27
ZinnSorry I don't know about xine nexusphreez23:27
superm1!xine | nexusphreez23:27
Zinnnexusphreez: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Configuring_Xine23:27
RobertLaptop!help23:28
ZinnUse ! followed by a topic to get help on the topic (if it exists) example: !logs.  Other available commands: !status, !about, !bug [bug_number].  For a  complete list of my knowledge visit: http://www.baablogic.net/Zinn.cgi23:28
dsbwHey, everybody. Still trying to install Mythbuntu on my new mobo. I get tossed into initramfs. I've turned off ACPI where possible, and I can't turn off SATA (it causes a hard-drive boot failure). Ive been running memtest86 for the past 21 hours. 30 passes with 0 errors. Any thoughts on how to proceed?23:30
RobertLaptopanyone here setup commandir under Mythbuntu 8.04?23:37

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