[00:24] <hads> !ask
[00:24] <Zinn> 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.
[00:40] <neoneddy> I know.. just pushing your buttons
[02:45] <neoneddy> Question, best graphics card under $100 for HD playback on mythbuntu?
[02:47] <hads> Nvidia
[02:48] <neoneddy> I have an nVidia right now.. but some BD rips play back at 1/2 speed
[02:48] <neoneddy> specificly transformers and the dark knight
[02:49] <neoneddy> or this not a graphics card problem at all
[02:50] <hads> Probably
[02:50] <neoneddy> not a graphics card problem?
[02:50] <hads> Probably
[02:50] <neoneddy> curse these one word answers :-)
[02:52] <neoneddy> new question: common culprits for HD playback problems?  it's a dual core x64 AMD system, 2bg memory, nvidia 5200 or higher graphics card
[02:53] <hads> CPU
[02:53] <neoneddy> really?... I'
[02:53] <neoneddy> I'm not sure on the speed right now, but I figured it would be good
[02:54] <hads> Easy to check. Play video and look at CPU usage.
[02:54] <neoneddy> what's the best way to do that via command line?
[02:54] <hads> top
[02:54] <neoneddy> ahh right
[02:55] <neoneddy> standy by
[02:56] <neoneddy> playing dark knight form an MKV and top CPU usage is 16% mythfronend.re
[02:58] <neoneddy>   PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
[02:58] <neoneddy>  7051 shawn     20   0  381m 207m  67m S   16 10.3   6:56.16 mythfrontend.re
[03:00] <neoneddy> have anything to do with it being h264 encoded?
[03:02] <bobbob1016> I'm only getting stereo over spdif with "speaker-test -c 6", can anyone help me get 5.1?  Here's my .asound.rc http://pastebin.ca/1323327
[03:14] <neoneddy> looks like mplayer plays the content fine, Internal players seems to be the one choking on it.. any switches for internal?
[03:19] <neoneddy> new question, anyone know how to update to the nightly builds of internal player?
[05:10] <oobe>  i didnt know there was one
[05:11] <oobe> neoneddy, you can try xvmc if you current card supports it
[05:11] <oobe> xvmc does not support 8xxx series but there is a new thing called VDPAU which apparently does
[05:12] <oobe> its experimental
[05:12] <oobe> the above things i mention take the load of the cpu and makes the GPU do a lot of the work decoding video
[05:13] <tritium> oobe: experimental in mythtv, you must mean?  nvidia's latest drivers do support vdpau
[05:13] <oobe> yes that is correct
[05:13] <oobe> also mplayer svn supports it
[05:14] <oobe> but not stable AFAIK
[05:14] <oobe> VDPAU is only available in trunk version of mythtv
[05:15] <oobe> so suprisingly neoneddy maybe be better off getting a very cheap 6XXX or 7XXX and using xvmc till later on
[05:16] <oobe> lol im responding 1 hr and 45 since his last question
[05:16] <neoneddy> I'm here :-).. been playing wii
[05:17] <neoneddy> Ok what is xvmc now?
[05:17] <oobe> google xvmc
[05:17] <oobe> first hit should be mythtv wiki
[05:18] <neoneddy> you know, I had a feel you might say that.. this is a linux based IRC after all, but come on, you mentioned it :-) .. can't bait and switch like that.
[05:19] <oobe> no really i gave you all the info you need
[05:20] <oobe> i even told you what it does
[05:21] <oobe> basically its pretty easy to setup if you have a supported GPU
[05:21] <oobe> what is your nvidia card
[05:21] <oobe> model number
[05:21] <neoneddy> I'm not even sure off hand...  cna I tell from the command line somehow?
[05:22] <neoneddy> my mythtv box is in a cabnit
[05:22] <oobe> yeah let me think
[05:22] <tritium> cabinet?
[05:22] <neoneddy> yes, that's it :-)
[05:22] <tritium> ;)
[05:23] <oobe> cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep BoardName
[05:23] <oobe> that might shed some light
[05:23] <neoneddy> nothing there..
[05:23] <neoneddy> http://albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html  this look right ?
[05:24] <hish> Hi all
[05:24] <hish> got a mythweb question if anyone can help
[05:25] <hish> whenever I access mythweb I get a listing of the directory structure rather than the web interface...any idea?
[05:25] <oobe> neoneddy, i have used envy
[05:26] <oobe> it cant be handy
[05:26] <oobe> i mean can
[05:26] <oobe> just makes it a bit less labourous
[05:26] <neoneddy> I'm having some trouble installing envy with apt-get
[05:26] <hish> php problem?
[05:27] <oobe> but also downloads and extra 20 30 megs of stuff you will never need for anything else
[05:27] <MythbuntuGuest72> installing 8.10 fresh, configuring the backend states it cannot log into the database.  There is no mythconverg created during install.  how to proceede
[05:27] <oobe> i think its called envyng now
[05:27] <oobe> MythbuntuGuest72, did you do a custom install
[05:27] <oobe> advanced i mean
[05:28] <neoneddy> either of these sounds right "However the following packages replace it:
[05:28] <neoneddy>   envyng-qt envyng-core
[05:28] <neoneddy> " ?
[05:28] <oobe> hish, do you mean mythweb doesnt really load the page
[05:28] <hish> yes
[05:28] <MythbuntuGuest72> no, not that I know of, this is my 1st time installin the 64bit
[05:28] <hish> it just shows the directory
[05:28] <hish> and files
[05:29] <oobe> envyng-qt is gui and depends on core yes install em both if you want envy
[05:29] <neoneddy> this is all new to me
[05:30] <MythbuntuGuest72> i did not see any options like in the 32bit version
[05:30] <neoneddy> thanks obe, you're my only hope.
[05:30] <oobe> MythbuntuGuest72, do you have mythtv-database  installed
[05:30] <oobe> neoneddy, np
[05:30] <MythbuntuGuest72> just mysql and information_schema
[05:31] <oobe> neoneddy, this will tell you what your card is it did on my system glxinfo | grep  renderer
[05:32] <neoneddy> so now envy will configure a different graphics drivers that will render video better?
[05:32] <hish> btw oobe, I this is not an ubuntu install...it's actually archlinux
[05:32] <MythbuntuGuest72> oobe, is there a way around this?
[05:32] <oobe> hish try #mythtv-users
[05:32] <oobe> its a general non os support
[05:33] <hish> that's what I was looking for but I didn't find it so I wandered in here :)
[05:33] <hish> ok, found it...thanks oobe
[05:33] <oobe> MythbuntuGuest72, aptitude search  mythtv-database
[05:33] <oobe> if its not installed then install it
[05:33] <oobe> sudo apt-get install  mythtv-database
[05:34] <oobe> brb
[05:35] <neoneddy> oobe, I ran envy in text mode and it looks like I have the newest nvidia driver installed already.  Maybe I'm confused.
[05:35] <neoneddy> oobe, it's not a huge deal, I need to go in and look at my hard ware here anyway.
[05:36] <MythbuntuGuest72> i   mythtv-database                                                        - A personal video recorder application (database)
[05:36] <MythbuntuGuest72> it was installed
[05:38] <oobe> neoneddy, this will tell you what your card is it did on my system glxinfo | grep  renderer
[05:38] <oobe>  glxinfo | grep  renderer
[05:39] <oobe> sorry i dont think my typing was to clear
[05:39] <oobe> im tired
[05:39] <neoneddy> from the terminal "Error: unable to open display
[05:39] <neoneddy> "
[05:39] <oobe> start a fresh shell
[05:40] <oobe> you su - to other user like root
[05:40] <tritium> root account is locked by default.  Use 'sudo -i'
[05:41] <oobe> glxinfo | grep  renderer
[05:41] <oobe> OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 8400 GS/PCI/SSE2/3DNOW
[05:41] <oobe> that is what mine looked like
[05:42] <MythbuntuGuest72> is there a way to force the install of mythconverge?
[05:42] <oobe> anyway you want a 6xxx or 7XXX series or even 5XXX to support xvmc
[05:42] <oobe> read up on it
[05:42] <oobe> if you have a supported card already try it
[05:42] <oobe> if not thats the way to go for playing back HD on the cheap
[05:43] <neoneddy> su I get an authentication error
[05:43] <neoneddy> however I cna sudo fine
[05:44] <oobe> MythbuntuGuest72, have you tried setting stuff up from mythbuntu-control-centre
[05:44] <MythbuntuGuest72> yes
[05:45] <neoneddy> oobe thanks for the help.. I just had mplayer play my Dark Knight goodness
[05:45] <MythbuntuGuest72> no luck
[05:45] <oobe> neoneddy, thats an ok comprimise
[05:45] <oobe> MythbuntuGuest72, did you do the test connect to database
[05:46] <oobe> test sql connection
[05:47] <oobe> does your mysql.txt have your mysql info put in correctly
[05:48] <oobe> like port number
[05:48] <MythbuntuGuest72> I tried, but connect failed because the db does not exsist
[05:48] <oobe> wow
[05:48] <oobe> ok you can do it the old fashioned way but that package should of installed it
[05:49] <MythbuntuGuest72> I am running back through the setup one more time
[05:50] <MythbuntuGuest72> when it gives me 4 options to install, do I leave all of them unselected to preform typical install?
[05:52] <oobe> MythbuntuGuest72, http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/User_Manual:Initial_Installation#Setup_mysql_database_mythconverg
[05:52] <oobe> heh
[05:53] <MythbuntuGuest88> oobe, can you send the install link again?
[05:53] <oobe> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/User_Manual:Initial_Installation#Setup_mysql_database_mythconverg
[05:53] <oobe> if you havent already reinstalled yet or started try this first
[05:54] <oobe> mc.sql is already on your system
[05:54] <oobe> just not in  the same path
[05:54] <oobe> type locat mv.sql
[05:54] <oobe> type locate mc.sql
[05:55] <oobe> it will take less then 10 mins to test and if it works it will have saved you time
[05:55] <MythbuntuGuest88> what are the steps?
[05:56] <oobe> its on the page
[05:56] <oobe> that i gave
[05:57] <oobe> i used google to find it so i guess thats the first step
[05:58] <MythbuntuGuest88> I am already installing, but this will be my 3rd time.  I think there are 4 options to select components to choose from , is leaving them unselected the typical install?
[05:59] <MythbuntuGuest88> I am not there yet.  it will take a little time for it to format the 2tb raid.
[06:03] <oobe> MythbuntuGuest88, i cant really remember i installed mythbuntu 8.04.1 a few months back
[06:04] <MythbuntuGuest88> the install has changed a little since then,
[06:04] <oobe> from memory there is an advanced install where you configure mythtv during the install and another option to let it install like a regular OS
[06:05] <oobe> there must be a current guide on mythbuntu.org
[06:12] <oobe> nice
[11:27] <MrEgg964> hi all :) I'm having an issue with Cover Art, when playing mp3 with MythMusic : the cover will show for a few seconds, then disappear. Any idea ?
[15:25] <nonix4> Hrm, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MythTV/Install/Hardy/Diskless mentions nothing about what kind of kernel should be used... it ain't going to work w/out a kernel, right?
[16:11] <Thrae> Alright, it seems mplayer isn't multithreaded.
[16:12] <Thrae> I'll try mplayerxp.
[16:28] <atmaweapon> my usb ir receiver has become unresponsive - the red LED just stays lit.  anyone have any insight on troubleshooting this issue?
[16:31] <MythbuntuGuest02> having trouble installin the 64bit version.  got past the part where the install did not install make the mythconverg db,  connected mythbackend to it.  But for some reason the frontend (on the same server ) will not connect.
[16:32] <MythbuntuGuest02> place the physical ip as well as the user and login that connect in the backend config
[16:32] <MythbuntuGuest02> still no luck
[17:38] <Thrae> Where are mythtv's settings kept for mplayer? I can't find .mplayer.
[18:00] <Thrae> How does one setup audio? I'm getting no audio, even though lspci shows the card is detected.
[18:01] <Thrae> I see [   24.511627] saa7133[0]/alsa: saa7133[0] at 0xffaef000 irq 10 registered as card -2, but that's a tuner card.
[23:22] <bobbob1016> I'm only getting stereo over spdif with "speaker-test -c 6", can anyone help me get 5.1?  Here's my .asound.rc http://pastebin.ca/1323327
[23:58] <MythbuntuGuest51> having trouble installin the 64bit version.  got past the part where the install did not install make the mythconverg db,  connected mythbackend to it.  But for some reason the frontend (on the same server ) will not connect.