[01:44] hey all [01:45] can i make a ir blaster cable for my mce remote [01:45] with a old remote and mono cable? [02:06] anyone alive in here [02:24] !google% | thedarkone [02:24] thedarkone: This seems like a question that you probably could have solved by looking the first few results from a Google search. Try to make sure to do the appropriate research before asking a question ( http://www.google.com/ ) [02:25] !dev forum [02:25] Sorry I don't know about dev forum [02:25] !dev invite only [02:25] Sorry I don't know about dev invite only [02:25] wombo, what are you looking for? [02:26] just noticed that the dev forum has been changed to invite only? [02:27] what forum? [02:28] mythbuntu-dev [02:28] oh, the irc channel [02:28] Is the partitioner fixed in alpha 5? [02:28] wombo, why do you need in there? [02:28] ah sorry, why did I type forum [02:28] tritium, idk, try it? [02:28] I just found it interesting to idle, to see how things where going [02:29] we like to hide in there [02:29] :) [02:29] lol [02:29] foxbuntu: I can. Was just trying to find out if the donload and time investment are worth it. [02:29] download* [02:29] tritium, I think its working fine, but idk for sure [02:30] tritium, there were several testers [02:30] I'll check. Several daily builds prior to it did not work. I'll find out shortly... [02:31] Does anybody here have any experience hooking up FTA satalite to Mythbuntu? [02:31] I have just brought a Ku band dish and reciever [02:52] foxbuntu: still broken [02:52] tritium, whats broken about i? [02:52] it* [02:53] foxbuntu: manual partitioning gives errors about busy partitions, and then hangs [02:53] Same behavior as on all previous alphas and dailies [02:53] manual does but automatic does not? [02:53] I'll have to try automatic next. [02:54] k [02:56] Well, from the ubuntu alpha 5 release notes "Known Issues", hopefully this is going to be fixed soon: The installer sometimes fails to tell the kernel to reload the partition table during partitioning. This is a race condition, so not everyone will be affected, but if you are then you may have to re-try partitioning a few times before it completes successfully. We believe that the main problem lies in udev, and will be fixing that immediatel [03:03] anyone use digtal cable [03:03] foxbuntu: looks like I beat the race condition above, trying the manual partitioner a second time [03:04] tritium, strange [03:04] Yep. [03:04] well i gtg [03:04] gl [03:04] Thanks. Take care. [03:07] thedarkone, i have digital cable [03:07] are u using a mce remote with it [03:08] what [03:08] i have a box connected through firewire [03:08] oh [03:11] Launching mythtv-setup isn't very useful, since DVB/ATSC cards aren't detected. User has to reboot and re-run mythtv-setup anyway. [04:48] if i were going to install mythbuntu on a 4gb SD card which directories would one suggest installing onto the SD Card (low write / tend not to grow) and which should definitely go onto a hard drive (mostly based on size such as /var ) [15:56] Hi, I'm running mythbuntu 8.10 and having some trouble getting channel listing (swedish, tv.swedb.se) to work with all my channels. I get some errors when mythfilldatabase is executed after configuring my backend which leads me to the question. How is the users usually/supposed to be setup on a mythbuntu running computer used for both back and frontend? Right now I'm logged in as one user but I also have a mythtv-user and a root- [15:56] user as well. Is this common or is this extra user I'm using bad practice, should I log in as the mythtv-user and not really have any other user? I figure the configuration files for the program information is saved in wrong folder since I'm not running the backendsetup, followd by the mythfilldatabase nor the frontend from the mythtv-user. [16:14] Hello [16:14] I am booting off of the LiveCD, and boot fails. I get dumped into a intaramfs prompt [16:43] I am getting sr0 errors. It looks like this is related to a bad CD or media [16:43] I'm trying new media on a fresh burn to see if that helps [17:11] hi, what programm was used to create the cd images? uck? [17:41] MythbuntuGuest49 you may want to try the alternate install [17:41] but if you think its just the media....that may be true too... ;) [18:08] thanks for the help. I re-burned the ISO a couple different ways, and am trying it now [18:12] Got it. It looks like it was teh brand of media? [18:12] I used a diffn't brand, and it worked. Thanks for the post. [20:50] I have a CPU that does not support pae, there seem to be problems with HIGHMEM64G (which needs pae) and I want to install mythbuntu but it reboots after 1 sec what can I do that HIGHMEM4G is used instead of HIGHMEM64G? this is where I got the idea, maybe I have the same problem [20:51] http://www.mythdora.com/?q=node/900 forgot the link [20:54] Hi, I was wondering if someone could answer a question about the hd-5500 card. I have one installed, and originally set it up as analog 4VL. I got it up and working. [20:55] I wanted to set it up to record HDTV, using QAM from Comcast [20:55] When I set this card up as DVB, I am unable to scan for any channels or get anything but static from the box [20:56] I was told that comcast has unencrypted QAM that I could use. The hd-5500 is connected directly to my wall, with no cable converter boxes [21:00] MythbuntuGuest84, what is the question? [21:02] Hi, sorry I wasn't more clear [21:02] Can the 5500 work in this way? Any idea why I can't get any signal when setup as DVB? [21:03] Can you confirm that you can record QAM on the 5500 without a converter box (comcast - Oregon) [21:09] hi to everybody ... [21:09] hi [21:10] MythbuntuGuest84, I know that you used to be able to. I have the HD-5500 and live in salem and was able to get locals in HD just fine [21:10] I have a strange problem with mythbuntu 8.10 and vsync video problem when watching videos [21:10] I moved just out of comcast range though so I only get directv now :( [21:11] Thanks tgm. I maybe just setup the card wrong? Do you remember if there is anything special to do when setting this up? [21:11] I used intel 950 graphic card and ati x1600 with same problem [21:12] Used ati and not ati xorg driver .. always with this sync problem [21:12] MythbuntuGuest84, I don't think so. I believe I just set it up and scaned [21:12] MythbuntuGuest84, do you have a digital tuner in your tV? [21:13] any clues ? also with latest ati linux driver [21:13] no [21:13] I haven't moved it to my TV yet. I am just getting started. It's still just hoooked up to a CGA monitor for now [21:13] sorry, VGA monitor for now [21:14] MythbuntuGuest84, well I was saying, if you have a digital tuner in your TV, that will only be able to get clearQAM [21:14] so if you can tune it with your TV, you can tune it with the HD5500 [21:15] with mythbuntu 8.04 video vsync it is ok . what is the problem with 8.10? [21:15] Ah, OK. Yeah, I have another TV with a tuner. I'll hook it up directly to the wall to see if I can get QAM. That will verify that I am indeed still getting it in the house. Thanks for the suggestion. [21:15] MythbuntuGuest84, yep, once you get that figured out let me know [21:19] how can i force vsync video in mythtv or mplayer? [21:19] arocs, nvidia? [21:20] ati [21:20] x1600 [21:20] arocs, you using the open or closed driver? [21:21] closed and also open ... but vsync problem with dvi or rgb output [21:22] so if you used the closed driver, then look in amdcccle for vsync settings [21:22] if you use open, you need to install a tool to modify dri settings. i forget the name of it [21:22] where is amdccle? [21:23] try running it from mcc or command line [21:23] if you dont have it installed, i think the package is called fglrx-amdcccle [21:23] Hi tgm (and others) it looks like I might not have QAM in the house. I hooked my TV straight to the wall (comcast). I cannot tune 8-1 or 8-2. [21:23] I am doing an 'auto-tune' to see what the TV can find. But it looks like a big 0 for DTV so far [21:24] the problem is that this problem occurs with intel 950 and ati , only mythbuntu 8.10 [21:24] 8.04 works ok [21:24] intel is a different situation, doesnt support vsync at all i thought yet [21:24] MythbuntuGuest84, that seems like the problem then [21:25] MythbuntuGuest84, otherwise the HD5500 should work OOTB [21:25] foxbuntu, [21:25] Yeah, sounds like it. Still waiting for auto-tune to finish. That would be a big bummer. I'll need an HD antennae then, yes? (or a digtial converter box from CCast) [21:27] you might try calling comcast and see what they say [21:27] i have tried to force vsync with aticonfig with no result [21:27] vsync problem with mplayer , vlc [21:27] arocs, the amdcccle tool can check status with it to make sure it's enabled [21:28] you should make sure that textured graphics is enabled too [21:28] <_gunni_> Does the myth-frontend of mythbuntu 9.04alpha work with a backend of mythbuntu 8.10 ? [21:28] creates an xv adapter for these apps [21:28] _gunni_, yes [21:29] I have 1 more problem. I mentioned that I have the hd-5500 working in analag 4vl. But the audio is a bit strange [21:29] I have the 9-pin round cable in the 5500. [21:29] <_gunni_> superm1: Thx, so i will have the courage to upgrade one frontend for testing [21:29] And the blue 1/8" off of that going into a SBLive card. [21:29] I can hear audio, but there are 2 audio streams, about 1 second off eachother. [21:30] When I am watching live TV, there is a 1 second echo, where everything is repeated. [21:30] _gunni_, yeah :) [21:31] Even when I have the front end off, I can still hear sound. When I turn the front end on and watch live, I get the duplicate sound [21:32] MythbuntuGuest84, thats a common problem with software encoder cards [21:32] Is there a fix or workaround? [21:33] sounds like an audio mixer input needs to be muted [21:33] I don't use software encoder though (and not the one on the hd5500), there is a section on the mythtv wiki you can take a look at [21:33] !software% [21:33] Sorry I don't know about software% [21:34] Ok, I have an update on QAM. I did 'autotune' on my TV, and I now CAN get 8-1, 2-1, etc [21:41] whats the command line tool that will output what lirc event just happened when i press a button on my remote? [21:41] irw? [21:41] thanks mario [21:51] MythbuntuGuest84, here is the link for the software encoding audio issue http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Sound_Troubleshooting [21:52] Great, thanks! [21:52] MythbuntuGuest84, also, can you use mythbuntu log grabber to post your logs [21:52] maybe i'll see something about the hd5500 qam issue [21:55] I'm still working on the QAM. I can't get the scanner to scan at all. [21:55] errors? [21:56] When I got to 'chanell editor' and hit 'channel scanner' and scan for QAM 256 in modulation, I get no signal everywhere [21:56] So it's scanning ATSC chanels, and not finding anything [21:57] MythbuntuGuest84, did you test other qam levels? [21:59] Not yet, but I will. The scan takes a while when it can't find anything. I'll scan another level when this is done. Thanks again for the help! [21:59] np [22:06] I'm trying other frequency tables as well. Should it just be cable? hrc? irc? Do you happen to know? [22:07] IIRC, I searched all the qam levels and also atsc [22:07] I don't remember which ones got the channels though [22:07] maybe qam64 [22:08] Ok, I'll try that. [22:13] I am scanning now on cable irc, QAM 64. The scanner is still going, and is showing signal strangth on some chanels [22:16] well thats positive news [22:16] Indeed. It says 'no lock' on the chanels, but we'll see what comes up when the scan is done. [22:20] No luck. I'm scanning QAM64 on difference freq tables now. [22:36] Update: chanel scanner finally found someting! cable-high, QAM256 returned some. Now to see if I can watch them [22:40] YES [22:40] I am close! [22:41] I have 8.1, 8.2, 2.2. I see video, but no audio. I hear static [22:45] MythbuntuGuest84, thats more progress [22:45] can you post your logs [22:46] Yeah, post them on the forums? [22:46] they shouldn't have static, so theres got to be a problem in your audio configuration [22:46] MythbuntuGuest84, no, use mythbuntu-log-grabber to post them [22:46] then just post the link here [22:46] hi, i have tried the andcccle tool for vsync with no results. [22:46] ok [22:47] http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com/f2e4231ab [22:48] how i enabled vsync with ati catalist? [22:50] howto enabled textured graphics in xorg ati closed driver [22:50] ? [22:55] MythbuntuGuest84, is this a single machine setup? [22:55] yes [22:56] MythbuntuGuest84, can you try playing that recording outside of mythtv? [22:57] You want me to play a recording, on something other than mythtv, correct? So record something, then playback on someting else. Yes? [22:58] MythbuntuGuest84, yes. you can also try setting aggressive audio buffering in the frontend setup [22:58] that might help it [22:58] but i'd try the outside of mythtv thing first [23:01] OK, I played a recording in VLC. [23:01] I can hear sound on it. [23:02] But, I hear static over the top of it. [23:02] MythbuntuGuest84, thats very odd [23:02] Remember my previous post, when I mentioned that I am hearing sound from the tuner, even when the front end is shut off? [23:02] This is where the static is coming from. [23:02] oh [23:03] unplug the analog line in audio [23:03] then test it [23:03] trying now [23:04] THAT WAS IT [23:04] I have video and sound! [23:04] SWEET [23:04] i have tried mplayer + xv + ati linux closed drivers , but vsync problem persists... any help? [23:05] MythbuntuGuest84, good news [23:05] Yes! So that cable betwen the 5500 card and the SB LIVE wasn't needed? unplugged, I'm all good [23:08] MythbuntuGuest84, well that is for analog [23:08] so if you want to use the analog side of the card, you might need it, i'm not sure [23:09] IMHO, software encoder cards are more trouble than they are worth [23:09] Ah, Ok. Man, I owe you huge thanks. You stuck with this for 2 hours. I can't thank you enough. I'm really stoked that it's up [23:09] and you are better off buying a cheap hardware encoder off of ebay [23:09] well, it's a sunday afternoon and i'm playing catan. Life's not that rough right now ;) [23:12] So is this hd5500 a software encoder card? [23:14] !help [23:14] !help For a complete list of my knowledge visit: http://www.baablogic.net/Zinn.cgi Other available commands: !status, !about, !bug [bug_number]. [23:14] MythbuntuGuest84, yea, but that only applies to analog tv. Digital tv is already compressed and thus needs no hardware encoder [23:14] it just records it to the disk [23:15] But the CPU has to decode it to play it on the screen, yes? [23:16] yes, that or your video card does [23:16] but that doesn't have anything to do with encoding, that is decoding [23:19] getting the lcd/ir on this antec case is giving me fits. anyone know about these things? [23:19] woski, blank antec fusion? [23:20] black i mean [23:20] antec fusion, yes. but silver. why does there seem to be a difference between frontside color/ [23:20] they use different lcd's [23:20] wow. [23:21] rhpot1991, might be able to help you [23:21] i have a black one though [23:21] you'd think the only thing different they'd use would be...paint? [23:21] you would think [23:21] it's odd though [23:22] you can try the instructions for the black one if you want [23:22] !%antec% [23:22] If you are having trouble setting up the LCD on the Antec Fusion v2 Black or its other integrated devices, check out this Wiki Article: http://wiki.foxmediasystems.com/index.php/Antec_Fusion_v2_Black_LCD [23:22] see, i've gone through several very thorough walkthroughs on the subject. none have worked [23:23] whats the components on the black? mine are imon lcd (non-vfd) [23:25] i'll see what this link you sent me does and get back to you. thanks! [23:46] howdy [23:47] !hi [23:47] Hi $nick, how are you? Something we can help you with today? [23:55] is there a way to start applications from the xfce desktop using the remote? [23:57] defendguin, you would need a script to do so [23:57] and use irexec [23:58] i thought there was a way i could just use an lirc config fle or something to just get the menu to open and work it from there [23:59] afaik, you can't do that [23:59] thats pretty lame [23:59] um, ok?