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fiyawerxcan you customize the partitions that mythbuntu installs itself on / uses for storage for audio / video media?00:36
fiyawerxas far as sizes, lvm, etc..?00:36
bobbob1016_Can anyone help me figure out why MyMote (a mythtv remote for the ipod touch) only seems to work with mpegs?01:26
culinarianI'm confused. I enabled MySql in myth control center, thinking that might have been part of my problem accessing my windows shares. Other than that I only fiddled with my frontend screen resolutions and installed Smb4k. Now when I try to su in terminal, it tells me "authentication failure." Like I said.. I'm confused. Maybe I need to get to a more remedial linux irc channel. Can anyone make any suggestions?03:03
AnnonyMousehey guys. nice work with mythbuntu06:12
AnnonyMouseplaying around. looks pretty cool06:12
AnnonyMouseis anyone online & available to help me out, pls?06:18
AnnonyMousehaving trouble loading media, and I'm pretty sure I've got my basic config right06:18
stiev3AnnonyMouse, ask your question, stay in the channel, hopefully someone with a clue can help you out at some point06:57
AnnonyMousesweet. thnx06:58
AnnonyMouseset up client-server split system. server's running & clients configured & connecting. trying to set up external volume HDD as media repository, but not picking it up in the interface06:59
stiev3if you've properly mounted the device, and have your paths correct, it could be a file permissions issue.07:02
foxbuntuAnnonyMouse, you need to add it as a Storage Directory in the backend setup or in the frontend for specific plugins if you are using it for the frontend only07:03
AnnonyMousentfs volume is mounted OK (seeing it over SMB share), & permissions are "chmod -R a+rw"07:03
foxbuntuwhy is it NTFS?07:04
AnnonyMouseNTFS is the most universal large volume FS07:04
foxbuntu...and that still has nothing to do with setting it up as I preivously stated07:04
AnnonyMouseI have mixed environ: Mac's & Ubuntu07:04
foxbuntuAnnonyMouse, XFS?07:05
foxbuntushould work fine with Mac and Linux07:05
AnnonyMousefoxbuntu: XFS, tempting... but overly complicated @ the mo'07:05
foxbuntuand be native rather than patched to work07:05
foxbuntuoverly complicated?07:05
foxbuntusudo mkfs.xfs /dev/sdb1 ?07:06
AnnonyMousefoxbuntu : think I'll add a local HDD dir (ETX3)07:06
AnnonyMousesee if that's gellin07:06
AnnonyMousenot the format07:06
AnnonyMousebut disk mobility on non-lin machines07:07
foxbuntuyou said Mac and Linux07:07
AnnonyMousewhy XFS, if I may ask?07:07
foxbuntuits much faster07:07
AnnonyMousesry...mac, lin, win, etc, etc07:07
AnnonyMouserly?07:07
foxbuntuwhen dealing with video data07:07
AnnonyMousereliability?07:07
foxbuntujust as good as any other07:08
AnnonyMousethnx! i'll look ino that07:08
foxbuntubtw...what you are considering doing with the USB disk is a bad idea07:08
AnnonyMouse*into*07:08
AnnonyMouserly?07:08
foxbuntuyea...if you add it as a disk to the system to record to and then move it, it will upset the backend and fill up the logs07:09
AnnonyMousethe idea I had is using an old ubuntu box (patched/upgraded) as a NAS07:09
AnnonyMouseno recording @ this stage07:09
AnnonyMouseonly media serving07:09
foxbuntuso you are going to go USB to sudo-NAS to network to Frontend?07:10
AnnonyMousepardon?07:12
foxbuntuyour idea07:13
AnnonyMousemythbuntu is my network fileserver/NAS07:13
AnnonyMousedidn't understand question07:13
foxbuntuso, you are attaching a USB HDD to the Mythbuntu Backend07:13
AnnonyMousecorrect07:13
foxbuntuwhich is serving Media to your frontends over your network?07:13
AnnonyMouseaffirmative07:14
foxbuntuok07:14
foxbuntunow, is your *old* hardware USB 2.0 or just 1.1?07:14
AnnonyMousethat's a bit of a bummer. HDD is 2.0, but machine's bus is only 1. but that's ok cause samba pumps it fast enough, to I knwo it's @ least possible. setting up proof of concept 4 now, so I only wanna get my ducks in a row07:16
AnnonyMouselittle server does little else07:17
foxbuntuSMB cant make USB faster07:17
AnnonyMouseno. but it's a bottlenet in the chain, so if media moves fast enough over such a protocol, it'll be fine....for now07:18
AnnonyMouseplanning on buildig a proper kick-ass box next year, but I want to some homework first07:19
ZinnAnnonyMouse: Please watch your language.07:19
AnnonyMousewhat? where? sry?07:19
AnnonyMouseZinn :  sry, what r u referring 2?07:19
AnnonyMousedoh! Zin = mod-bot07:20
foxbuntuAnnonyMouse, indeed07:21
AnnonyMouseanyhow, thnx foxbuntu07:21
foxbuntugl07:21
AnnonyMousewill try that suggestion quickly07:21
foxbuntulater07:21
AnnonyMousethnx07:22
stiev3my next guess would be, if you have the path right, and we're talking MythVideo default settings, in videos general settings you want to turn on video * browses files.07:22
AnnonyMousestiev3 : pls elabotate07:23
AnnonyMousefile-types?07:23
stiev3Setup > Media Settings > Video Settings > General Settings\07:24
AnnonyMousetakes a bit of tiem : have 2 "ssh -CX ..."07:24
AnnonyMouse(headless server; trying 2 keep it ligtweight)07:25
stiev3you can read the descriptions of options, but if mythvideo hasn't had a chance to scan the video path, and you're on default settings, you won't be able to see the videos when you go to browse07:25
AnnonyMousesounds a bit like what I'm getting07:25
stiev3and as far as storing media on something you plan on moving around, when mythvideo scans, it stores all of the paths in the database.  So if you went to move the storage device, at some point it'll ask "where'd you put these files"07:26
stiev3except it does it one by one and gets messy07:27
AnnonyMouseoooooooh07:28
AnnonyMousewell, I'm not planning on moving the drive around too much07:28
AnnonyMousewill more likely ad more than removing07:29
stiev3and to scan, you'd want to do Setup > Video Manager .  Lets you sort out your movies, has an imdb script that it'll run on each file to fill in the database.07:30
pteaguewhat's the north america dvd encoding format? is it ntsc or pal ?07:33
stiev3ntsc07:33
pteaguek, guess i need to go back through the archive settings...07:35
AnnonyMousebrb07:36
AnnonyMousethink it may b a sql perms issue07:37
AnnonyMouseguessing here07:37
AnnonyMousewill have 2 reinstall07:37
pteagueproject-x requires java huh?07:40
AnnonyMousestiev3 : buddy wands to have configuration where he can remotely control the play-out. is this possible?07:40
AnnonyMousehe's presently using VLC's HTTP interface, but that's not a pretty as mythbuntu's07:41
stiev3if your Video Manager is empty then there is something wrong with your path (has happened to me) or something else I don't know about07:41
stiev3remotely control the play out, as in a remote front end or.. ?07:43
* Yagisan waves hello07:43
AnnonyMousenot rly sure, 2 b honest. he has a machine with a nice monitor/tv (no kb or mouse), and he wants to remotely control it07:44
AnnonyMousehowdy07:44
AnnonyMousehe runs VLC's http daemon, which gives him a very simple interface07:45
AnnonyMousenot vry pretty07:45
pteagueis there a reason my frontend is using ssh-agent with /usr/share/mythbuntu/session.sh ?07:46
stiev3he can install mythfrontend and connect to the backend and buy any number of remotes or other means of controlling it that aren't a keyboard or mouse.07:46
YagisanI'm trying to spec up what will hopefully be a diskless mythbuntu front-end out of my "spare parts" boxes, and was looking at a guide to how much ram the front end should have. What do you recommend ?07:46
AnnonyMousehehehe. could work...07:46
stiev32 gigs for hd is what I've always been told.07:47
pteaguei bought a hauppauge pvr-500 dual-tuner with a usb remote...  the pvr-500 is plugged into my backend & i use the usb remote on my frontend... works fine07:47
pteaguemy frontend is an intel d945gclf 1.6ghz mini-itx board with 1gig of ram & it works just fine... except my dvd drive seems to get a bit too hot on occasion when playing dvds causing it to crash out of mythtv07:50
Yagisanpteague, I don't intend to let anyone put dvd's in my front end - it's to replace the dvd player (and countless dvd's the kids break)07:51
pteagueas for harddrive space i'm currently using 3.5G, but i've got some extra things installed07:51
YagisanI'll be going for a diskless setup07:51
pteagueYagisan: i'm just saying :)07:52
Yagisanshe who must be obeyed has decreed it's not allowed to make any more noise than the dvd player did07:52
AnnonyMouseguys, thnx 4 ur help, but I think I'll have 2 scatch the current installation & restart07:52
pteaguei did have an old compaq presario 500mhz with something like 512mb ram that worked *decently* as long as it was kept very cool...  5-10 minutes the video would hang for just a second... when it got hotter this last spring it got ridiculous07:53
Yagisanpteague, I've managed to get an athlon 64 x2 4400 for the front end :D and a geforce 8500 gt (fanless) so it should be ok - I may just toss 2GB ram in it to be sure07:54
pteaguecool07:54
pteaguethat's the *only* problem with my d945gclf ... the cpu is fanless, but the onboard intel video card has the loudest fan & i keep forgetting that's the noise maker >_<07:55
Yagisanof course the case is an ugly old thing that had a P2-300hz in it - but thats now gutted07:55
stiev32.3GHz AMD, 2 gb ram, TF7050 integraded mobo with hdmi port = my diskless.07:55
stiev3and I'm just now trying to get hdmi audio going on it  nvidia 7050 pv07:56
pteaguei've got a laptop hard drive in mine... it's pretty quiet07:56
* Yagisan is being called away for daya duties - back in about an hour or so07:56
pteaguei was looking at using a flash drive, but i didn't want to have to mess with setting everything up & then setting it to mount / as read-only... & then having to change something >.>07:57
* Yagisan gets back10:51
* Yagisan wonders if installing the front end onto an 8GB usb stick would actually be less hasle than a "diskless" setup10:52
lagadepends. :)10:55
lagadiskless is nice if you have more than one frontend10:55
stiev3as a complete noob, it's not that bad dealing with diskless clients as it stands.10:57
stiev3i have yet to hit a problem that at least one person hasn't documented a solution to on the forums10:58
lagaone of these days, i will fix them all..10:59
lagait's already quite good, but i want to make it smoother10:59
stiev3you're doing well if I can get them going11:00
lagathanks :)11:03
Yagisanlaga, the specific requirement is *silent* - I can't quite afford that - so I'm working on less moving parts == quieter11:05
Yagisanohh - shiny - finally can get mpeg4 acceleration in *nix on my nvidia cards11:13
fpr02Hi all, my question is about the Mythbuntu 0.21-fixes Intrepid repository17:33
fpr02it looks the the uk mirror has up to date packages whilst the US one has stopped updating17:33
lagasuperm1: go fix your mirror :)17:44
ali1234hi. my mythtv has no listings data after 19th december. i use OTA guide on UK digital terrestrial. i didn't reconfigure anything, and there are no error messages in the log or dmesg. does anybody have any ideas what happened?19:37
ali1234oops nvm i accidentally my aerial splitter...19:39
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giverI'm trying to determine how to tune 8psk channels with mythbuntu,there is no provision to set to use 8psk when scanning22:52
giverusing an skywalker,btw22:53
MythbuntuGuest83i have a rather simple question.23:01
MythbuntuGuest83What if I have comcast digital cable, and want one all-in-one Mythbuntu solution what would i need to get my project a float?23:02
MythbuntuGuest83Is there a way to have one box that acts as a front/back end?23:03
giverall boxes can work frontend/backend,if you set them to do so23:10
giveranyone using a skywalker with mythtv?23:10
NetSarChello ppl23:14
NetSarCi installed ubuntumyth, and played back a .mkv file with 23,963 fps (as i recall)23:16
NetSarCi was seeing some vertical lines was out of sync23:16
NetSarCi tried both 50hz and 60hz23:17
NetSarCquite anoying to watch (if you notice, as i do)23:17
NetSarCi've been searching and searching for a solution23:17
NetSarCwithout any luck23:18
NetSarCcould this be a gfx card limit somehow?23:18
NetSarCwell, 23.976 fps it was23:23
MythbuntuGuest83they're not gonna help you23:31
NetSarCoh no ?23:32
MythbuntuGuest83i've sat here quit a while w/o any response to my question so i doubt it23:32
NetSarCwell,  I gave it a shot23:32
NetSarChehe23:32
NetSarCwell, ppl arent always at their23:32
NetSarCcomputers23:32
MythbuntuGuest83yeah out of 30 ppl someones here23:33
NetSarChmm :) no reason to answer my question if ppl dont have anything to help with23:33
MythbuntuGuest37hi i can`t download any updates my internet coneccion works fine but i can`t update any thing not even my grafics hard23:50
MythbuntuGuest37i ment card23:51

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