[00:11] <olskolirc> can I dual boot with mythbuntu?
[00:12] <olskolirc> and can i get compiz-fusion on mythbuntu/
[00:12] <olskolirc> ?
[00:17] <tgm4883_laptop> olskolirc, it sounds like you really just want the mythtv stuff on a ubuntu machine
[00:22] <olskolirc> yeah 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 anyway
[00:22] <olskolirc> the run-around
[00:23] <zabbadapp> i'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 boot
[00:23] <zabbadapp> mythbuntu 8.04 ...
[00:24] <zabbadapp> i go through the advanced route and select "client -- needs existing server on the network" and so on
[00:49] <zabbadapp> wtf, how should the live-cd frontend work? i select mysql host and password, test connection, "save & start", "start session" ... but nothing happen
[00:50] <Zaphod> I'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?
[00:51] <hads> You should be able to mount NTFS drives okay these days I believe.
[00:52] <Zaphod> Where should I mount the ripped content to show up okay?  I see mythdvd and mythtv?
[00:52] <hads> mythvideo will take care of playing them for you
[00:53] <hads> You 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] <Zaphod> symlink?  Sorry, nix noob
[00:53] <hads> In mythfrontend you can setup the mythvideo directory, to add multiple directories delimit them with colons a la /mnt/foo:/mnt/bar:/mnt/baz
[00:54] <Zaphod> ah, googled symlink too, thanks...
[00:54] <hads> np
[00:54] <Zaphod> will mythvideo handle the cover art, or do I need to move/modify it somehow?
[00:56] <Zaphod> re - 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] <hads> It 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] <hads> mythvideo setup is individual to each frontend.
[00:57] <hads> You'll need to make sure the videos are mounted in the same place on each frontend
[00:57] <Zaphod> my wrists are aching thinking about the by hand update.
[00:57] <Zaphod> IMDB searches seem to cause more problems than they solve for me, but that's another matter.
[00:58] <hads> Well by hand and actually meant write a script to insert the locations.
[00:59] <Zaphod> I guess since it's not windows I can just /folder.jpg it...
[00:59] <hads> There's a script included with mythvideo called find_meta.py which will do bulk lookups from imdb
[00:59] <zabbadapp> myth can show folder-images in certain view modes: http://www.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2007-January/164496.html
[01:00] <hads> Good point, I never use gallery view myself.
[01:00] <zabbadapp> yes, unfortunately its only for the worst view ...
[01:00] <hads> Having the database populated with synopsis info etc. from IMDB is nice though.
[01:01] <Zaphod> yeah, but I always ended up with a lot of bad data - using similar db lookup tools in mediaportal
[01:02] <Zaphod> so 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] <zabbadapp> my 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 it
[01:03] <hads> zabbadapp: 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] <hads> As part of the mythui rewrite
[01:03] <Zaphod> I 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...
[01:04] <hads> *shrug* works well for me.
[01:04] <Zaphod> It would rename and list it as Unendliche Geschichte, Die - 1984
[01:04] <zabbadapp> nice!! 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 :-)
[01:05] <Zaphod> yes, all good input, thank you all for your time.
[01:07] <Zaphod> hmm..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?
[01:08] <Zaphod> (VIDEO_TS...)
[01:09] <zabbadapp> either 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-extension
[01:11] <Zaphod> got it - success...
[01:11] <zabbadapp> even 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 then
[01:15] <zabbadapp> ... so, anyone successfully tried live-usbstick frontend with mythbuntu? i'm going mad soon
[01:16] <hads> Not I
[01:31] <dsbw> Greetings 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=419
[01:57] <zabbadapp> set sata to ide-mode? native sata won't work for my combo anyway.
[01:59] <dsbw> zabbadapp: Who is that directed at?
[02:00] <zabbadapp> you can have it if you want :)
[02:06] <zabbadapp> dsbw:  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.
[02:08] <dsbw> zabbadapp: Really? Oh, cool, let me try that.
[02:10] <zabbadapp> it's somewhere on the very first bootscreen ... "F4 for other options" or something like that
[02:10] <dsbw> zabbadapp: Yeah. Damn it. I tried "safe graphics" mode and same thing, initramfs.
[02:12] <zabbadapp> change sata mode or acpi setting in BIOS ?
[02:14] <dsbw> zabbadapp: My ACPI settings are limited. I can change th suspend type from s1-s3. Everything else is disabled. SATA...
[02:15] <dsbw> ...is enabled  OnChip SATA controller
[02:15] <dsbw> er, enabld for OnChip SATA controller.
[02:16] <dsbw> ...disabling it causes DISK BOOT FAILURE
[02:17] <zabbadapp> dsbw:  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 initramfs
[02:19] <dsbw> zabbadapp: 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.)
[02:22] <dsbw> zabbadapp: running the memory tester now and....so far so good.
[02:23] <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.
[03:06] <dsbw> Hey, does MemTest86 ever stop?
[03:13] <hads> It's typical to run it or 12-24 hours
[03:14] <hads> s/t or/t for/
[04:44] <cbrunner> hey
[04:45] <cbrunner> how do I add another directory to be available through nfs
[04:45] <cbrunner> besides the default ones
[04:45] <cbrunner> videos,music, games
[04:45] <cbrunner> or videos, music, pictures, recordings
[04:45] <cbrunner> I mean
[04:45] <cbrunner> or is it possible to make a sym linked directory work in nfs?
[08:14] <balz> I 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] <balz> the idea would be to access the game console through the myth interface with a remmote
[08:30] <tgm4883_laptop> no
[08:30] <tgm4883_laptop> you left
[08:30] <tgm4883_laptop> but the answer is no
[09:13] <cann> anyone 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 2.6.22-14
[09:13] <cann> using latest v4l btw
[09:14] <cann> and no diseqc atm
[14:35] <hume> hello...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?
[15:16] <Arby> afternoon, I'm having trouble with jerky tv playback on my mythbuntu box following an upgrade from gutsy to hardy.
[15:16] <Arby> I have no idea what settings control this, where should I be looking for the source of the problem?
[15:47] <rhpot1991> arby mess around with the playback profiles
[15:47] <rhpot1991> try slim perhaps
[15:52] <Arby> rhpot1991: thanks for the pointer
[15:52] <Arby> rhpot1991: where those configured?
[15:52] <Arby> this thing has an insane number of settings
[15:55] <rhpot1991> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Playback_profiles
[15:55] <Arby> thanks
[15:55] <rhpot1991> setup > tv settings
[15:55] <rhpot1991> somewhere in there
[15:58] <feltis> any quick and painless (relativly) way to move from linux kernel 2.6.24 -> 2.6.27 without upgrading everything?
[16:13] <Arby> success :D
[16:14] <Arby> disabling OpenGL vertical sync for timing was the answer
[16:14] <Arby> thanks for the pointers
[16:42] <Tetsu> Hi
[16:43] <Tetsu> Anyone ever able to get a Conexant Falcon II working in Mythbuntu?
[16:50] <Tetsu> Anyone ever able to get a Conexant Falcon II working in Mythbuntu?
[17:02] <superm1> !weekend | Tetsu
[17:02] <Zinn> Tetsu: 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 | Tetsu
[17:02] <Zinn> Tetsu: 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.
[17:03] <superm1> feltis, you can grab the kernel package from intrepid and install it on hardy, but expect a few things like proprietary drivers to not work
[17:06] <Tetsu> sorry this problem been driving me nuts all weekend
[17:07] <Tetsu> the last little hurtle in pretty much getting windows off my computer
[17:07] <Tetsu> hurdle*
[17:09] <Tetsu> its commin up  Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
[17:09] <Tetsu> but i'm getting no device read at all
[17:15] <superm1> well that sounds like it might be supported by ivtv, but if it was, it would have come up on it's own
[17:15] <Tetsu> ya
[17:15] <Tetsu> I was reading around most of the weekend
[17:15] <Tetsu> Its out of a HP media center
[17:16] <Tetsu> i've heard people say its commin up with no problem in MEPIS but i have yet to find a solution
[17:19] <superm1> well folks who have it working in MEPIS, you need to ask them what driver it's using
[17:21] <tgm4883_laptop>  Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
[17:21] <tgm4883_laptop> superm1, ^^
[17:21] <superm1> what about it?
[17:21] <tgm4883_laptop> thats a PVR-500 comes up as
[17:22] <superm1> i thought it was quite similar to the pvr-xxx
[17:22] <superm1> but i wasnt positive
[17:22] <superm1> that's why i thought it might be supported by ivtv
[17:22] <tgm4883_laptop> Wouldn't that indicate that it uses the same driver?
[17:24] <superm1> well if it has a different pci-id, that id might need to be added to the ivtv driver
[17:24] <superm1> which could mean it's just a bug
[17:25] <superm1> the drivers match on pci-ids (lspci -nn)
[17:26] <tgm4883_laptop> 02:08.0 Multimedia video controller [0400]: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder [4444:0016] (rev 01)
[17:27] <tgm4883_laptop> although you really need Tetsu's, and I just realize he left
[18:37] <massabuntu> hi, 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=924388
[18:39] <cbrunner> hey, how do I add a new NFS share besides the ones mythbuntu creates
[18:39] <cbrunner> I tried editing /etc/exports
[18:39] <cbrunner> ad restarting the nfs stuff
[18:40] <cbrunner> but it doesnt show up
[18:41] <massabuntu> output of exportfs?
[18:42] <cbrunner> how do i check that
[18:42] <massabuntu> exportfs in the shell =)
[18:42] <cbrunner> haha
[18:42] <cbrunner> it shows up there
[18:42] <cbrunner> the new one I made
[18:42] <massabuntu> so it show the new one?
[18:43] <cbrunner> yep
[18:43] <cbrunner> but when I connect to the nfs share
[18:43] <cbrunner> its not there
[18:43] <cbrunner> just the other ones
[18:43] <massabuntu> ok, try to restart portmap server too
[18:43] <cbrunner> /etc/init.d portmap restart?
[18:43] <massabuntu> yep
[18:46] <cbrunner> still not showing up
[18:46] <cbrunner> is there anything else you have to edit
[18:46] <cbrunner> because how does it determine the share name
[18:46] <cbrunner> I dont see if in /etc/exports
[18:46] <tgm4883_laptop> cbrunner, share name?
[18:47] <cbrunner> yea
[18:47] <cbrunner> like when I connect to the NFS from my mac
[18:47] <cbrunner> each one has a name, music, videos, recordings
[18:47] <cbrunner> is that just the directory name that it uses
[18:47] <cbrunner> or does it have to be set somewhere
[18:48] <tgm4883_laptop> could be, I wasn't aware you could just browse NFS shares
[18:48] <massabuntu> please post your ﻿/etc/exports
[18:49] <cbrunner> http://pastebin.com/m521e9cd8
[18:51] <tgm4883_laptop> are you sure you aren't browsing samba shares?
[18:52] <cbrunner> I think I am
[18:52] <cbrunner> browsing samba shares
[18:53] <cbrunner> whats do you edit for samba?
[18:54] <massabuntu> ehi
[18:54] <massabuntu> 127.0.0.0/24(ro,async,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check)
[18:55] <cbrunner> I think I am using samba shares I guess
[18:55] <cbrunner> not nfs
[18:55] <massabuntu> means tha you server share his directory with itslef
[18:55] <cbrunner> I just copied the other
[18:55] <massabuntu> i guess 'cause with that /etc/export u are not share anything
[18:55] <cbrunner> and put the new directories
[18:56] <tgm4883_laptop> /etc/samba/smb.conf
[18:56] <cbrunner> ahhh
[18:56] <cbrunner> there we go
[18:56] <cbrunner> thats what I was looking for
[18:58] <cbrunner> let me see if I reboot my mac it works cause its kinda in a weird state
[18:59] <tgm4883_laptop> like denmark?
[18:59] <massabuntu> now i have a question, anyone was be able to control his Sarellite Box with an IR BLASTER???
[18:59] <tgm4883_laptop> sorry, I use serial/usb cables
[19:02] <massabuntu> =(
[19:02] <massabuntu> it's strange because the script to change channel work in the shell, but don't work inside mythtv
[19:03] <tgm4883_laptop> massabuntu, can you post your backend logs?
[19:04] <massabuntu> How?
[19:04] <tgm4883_laptop> !pastebin | massabuntu
[19:04] <Zinn> massabuntu: 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.
[19:05] <tgm4883_laptop> !logs | massabuntu
[19:05] <Zinn> massabuntu: MythTV logs are stored in /var/log/mythtv/
[19:05] <massabuntu> ok
[19:06] <massabuntu> http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com/m1c167960
[19:07] <tgm4883_laptop> hmm
[19:07] <tgm4883_laptop> thats a rather short log.  Could you go into your frontend, try to change the channel (unsuccessfully) then repost you backend log
[19:08] <massabuntu> i cut the log
[19:08] <massabuntu> i post more
[19:08] <tgm4883_laptop> yea post the whole thing
[19:08] <tgm4883_laptop> or at least the last 50 lines
[19:09] <massabuntu> http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com/m2167de2c
[19:09] <massabuntu> this is the good one sorry
[19:10] <massabuntu> i think the proble m is here 2008-09-21 20:04:15.167 Channel(/dev/video0) Error: GetCurrentChannelNum(101): Failed to find Channel
[19:10] <massabuntu> 2008-09-21 20:04:15.169 Channel(/dev/video0)::TuneTo(101): Error, failed to find channel.
[19:10] <tgm4883_laptop> I think theres your problem
[19:10] <tgm4883_laptop> #
[19:10] <tgm4883_laptop> 2008-09-21 20:04:15.167 Channel(/dev/video0) Error: GetCurrentChannelNum(101): Failed to find Channel
[19:10] <tgm4883_laptop> #
[19:10] <tgm4883_laptop> 2008-09-21 20:04:15.169 Channel(/dev/video0)::TuneTo(101): Error, failed to find channel.
[19:10] <tgm4883_laptop> #
[19:10] <tgm4883_laptop> 2008-09-21 20:04:15.170 TVRec(1) Error: Failed to set channel to 108.
[19:10] <tgm4883_laptop> #
[19:10] <tgm4883_laptop> 2008-09-21 20:04:15.182 Finished recording Unknown: channel 6148
[19:10] <tgm4883_laptop> #
[19:10] <tgm4883_laptop> 2008-09-21 20:04:16.215 Finished recording Unknown: channel 6148
[19:10] <massabuntu> yes
[19:11] <massabuntu> but how i fix it?
[19:11] <tgm4883_laptop> how is your sat box connected to your mythtv box?
[19:12] <massabuntu> composite on Hauppauge 250
[19:12] <massabuntu> only composite imput is acitve
[19:12] <tgm4883_laptop> ok
[19:12] <tgm4883_laptop> where do you get guide data from?
[19:12] <massabuntu> u saw this "Error: GetCurrentChannelNum(101)"
[19:12] <massabuntu> xmltv
[19:12] <massabuntu> maybe the problem is oin the file where the channel are setted
[19:13] <tgm4883_laptop> it would indicate that mythtv doesn't know about channel 108
[19:13] <tgm4883_laptop> i think
[19:14] <massabuntu> yes but where the channel number are setted?
[19:15] <tgm4883_laptop> this would be in either the db or your xmltv setting
[19:18] <massabuntu> now work!!!
[19:18] <massabuntu> i found the problem!.
[19:18] <massabuntu> i setted in the backend > imput connction>
[19:19] <massabuntu> preset for tuner
[19:19] <massabuntu> i setted it to 101 while i had to leave blank
[19:19] <tgm4883_laptop> so it works now?
[19:19] <massabuntu> what a stupid
[19:19] <massabuntu> =)
[19:19] <massabuntu> yes
[19:19] <tgm4883_laptop> good
[22:21] <tgm4883_laptop> mikal, ping
[23:03] <nexusphreez> hey
[23:04] <tgm4883_laptop> hi?
[23:04] <nexusphreez> I have an issue with sound.
[23:04] <tgm4883_laptop> mythbuntu was never meant to be used with sound
[23:04] <nexusphreez> I get no sound durring dvd playback or while watching tv on the tv tuner
[23:05] <nexusphreez> lol ,sounds fair
[23:05] <nexusphreez> no pun intended
[23:05] <tgm4883_laptop> do you get sound outside of mythtv?
[23:05] <nexusphreez> yea, I get sound playing video files like avi and mpg and the such.
[23:05] <nexusphreez> in and out of mythtv
[23:06] <tgm4883_laptop> frontend errors?
[23:06] <nexusphreez> nope
[23:06] <nexusphreez> none that i have seen anyway
[23:07] <nexusphreez> I 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.
[23:08] <nexusphreez> I have no idea what updates it did at the time. There were 20 or 30 of them.
[23:09] <nexusphreez> hmmm..  I also installed a sound equalizer, alsa mixer, around that time as well.
[23:11] <nexusphreez> I 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.
[23:12] <nexusphreez> any 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?
[23:15] <tgm4883_laptop> nexusphreez, you are using all the internal players?
[23:15] <tgm4883_laptop> or are you using xine or vlc?
[23:17] <nexusphreez> How do i find out, because in the mythbuntu control centre i have MPlayer, Xine and VLC all selected.
[23:17] <nexusphreez> or would this be something in the mythbuntu frontend setup?
[23:18] <tgm4883_laptop> when you select a dvd to play, do you see a new window open?
[23:19] <nexusphreez> oh hold on let me try.
[23:22] <nexusphreez> sorry, the dvd player is set to Internal.
[23:23] <nexusphreez> and it does not open in a seprate window
[23:24] <tgm4883_laptop> hmm
[23:25] <nexusphreez> can i set it to use one of the other players?
[23:25] <tgm4883_laptop> yea you can set it to xine or vlc
[23:26] <tgm4883_laptop> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Configuring_Xine
[23:27] <superm1> !vlc | nexusphreez
[23:27] <Zinn> nexusphreez: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/VLC
[23:27] <superm1> !xine nexusphreez
[23:27] <Zinn> Sorry I don't know about xine nexusphreez
[23:27] <superm1> !xine | nexusphreez
[23:27] <Zinn> nexusphreez: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Configuring_Xine
[23:28] <RobertLaptop> !help
[23:28] <Zinn> Use ! 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.cgi
[23:30] <dsbw> Hey, 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?
[23:37] <RobertLaptop> anyone here setup commandir under Mythbuntu 8.04?