[00:00] dont look at me like that [00:00] afaik, you can't make a perpetual motion machine either [00:02] * rogue780 made a perpetual motion machine [00:03] i'm playing around with boxee and i have to be able to easily switch between apps [00:04] thats not the same as using a remote to use the applications menu [00:05] tgm4883: what do you suggest [00:05] what do I suggest so you can use the applications menu? [00:05] a mouse [00:06] alternatively, you could configure a button on your remote to launch the application that you want [00:07] you might also try setting up a wii-mote as a mouse [00:09] hmm the wii mote might not be a bad idea [01:11] I have a question on getting to mythbuntu via VNC is a vnc server installed by default with the 8.10 package? If so any resources concerning setting up and using this in mythbuntu? [01:13] mythweb seems to have stopped working [01:49] Is it possible to set up MythTV so that it will just accept an input from (e.g.) an analog source? (Say, a VCR or cable box?) [01:50] Yes [01:53] OK. Are there instructions somewhere as to how? I can identify the capture card (Haup-150) easily enough, but of course there's no Video Source. So how would I watch? [10:17] !help [10:17] !help For a complete list of my knowledge visit: http://www.baablogic.net/Zinn.cgi Other available commands: !status, !about, !bug [bug_number]. [13:46] can someone tell me where the httpd.conf file is in mythbuntu? is it apache2.conf ? [13:51] fxr: looking for something mythweb specific? [13:52] no i am trying to install wtorrent [13:52] fxr: normally each site will have its own info within /etc/apache2/sites-available [13:53] but apache2.conf is a system wide config, so you can do things in there as well [13:54] ok i see, ll have a poke around in those locations. thanks. [14:11] Hi to all .. [14:12] I have lot of problems with mythbuntu 8.10 and ATI x1600 (closed and open) drivers with vsync in screen when watching videos ... any clues ? [14:18] I have tried with sv , x11 and opengl output with same results ... [14:18] sv=xv [15:01] I am having video "stutter" problems. This varies channel to channel. I suspect that the higher resolution stations are causing me problems. To verify this, I would simply like to have the "input type" 1080i/720p displayed channel by channel in the OSD. I haven't yet figured out how to do this. Thanks for your help. [15:06] Someone with vsync problems un mythbuntu 8.10 ... ? [15:39] Yes, vsync problems with 8.10. My first problem is that I can't easily figure out what type of video, 1080i/720p, is giving me trouble since, via the OSD(on screen display), there is no indicator of the type of video I am currently watching. [15:39] So, if you'll could tell me how to display the video feed type, via OSD or otherwise, that would help me narrow-down the issue. [15:44] I am running a 2.40 GHz Pentium 4 with 1gig of ram and an NVidia Geforce 7600GS(512MB). I don't know if I am using XvMC or not. [15:44] My CPU maxes-out on some channels. On others, it is about 15% busy. [15:45] The machine is a client in a myth master/client pair. I assume that this does not matter for live TV viewing. [15:46] williambrown0000: do you see monochrome menus ever? [15:46] thts how you can tell if XvMC is on [15:47] Which menus? The menus associated with the frontend like the menus/screens I see when I select "watch TV"? In that case, they are in color. [15:47] The OSD is in color. [15:47] hit m while watching video [15:47] OSD as well [15:48] OK. Hold on. [15:48] williambrown0000: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/XvMC [15:48] your cpu will be overwhelmed without XvMC, and even with it some 1080i content may be too much [15:49] I Hit m. Now what? [15:51] is it color, monochrome? [15:51] (the menu) [15:51] color. Green buttons when selected. [15:51] XvMC is not running then [15:51] readl the link I pasted [15:52] also read this: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Playback_profiles [15:52] OK. Thanks. I will follow the Nvidia directions. [15:52] I have selected slim as my profile. This made things a bit better. [15:54] Thanks very much! [15:54] you will need to mess with that to get XvMC in there after you activate it [15:55] You mean that I will have to create a custom profile? [15:56] cpu+ and cpu-- are the only ones that have XvMC by default [15:57] so you will either need to use one of them or add XvMC to your slim profile [15:58] OK. Thanks again! Do modern CPUs, dual cores require video hardware assist. I will eventually build a silent media pc as a frontend, so then it will be relevant. [15:58] I think the general rule is 3ghz is the minimum you should try unassisted HD with [15:58] once you get into dual cores you should be pretty good [16:00] Thanks, I appreciate the info. There is a lot to wade through when you first bring mythtv up. [17:45] rhpot1991: Video is much better! I am getting audio stutters and "NVP: prebuffering pause" in the log. Any hints? [17:46] Oh, I am using CPU+ not a modified slim. [18:23] So, yesterday, I was informed that mythtv could be used to passthrough an analog signal (as from a cable box or VCR) so that the signal could be viewed or recorded through Myth. But no indication of how (or where to find out how). Any thoughts? [18:27] dsbw, you would use a device such as the pvr-150 [18:27] then use coax out (or svideo or composite) from the cable box to the pvr-150 [18:27] then you would need an ir blaster to change the channel on the box [18:27] dsbw, do you have a digital cable box? [18:28] almost forgot, if you run trunk, and have an hdpvr, you can use that and component [18:29] in fact, thats basically what i'm doing, as I have directv [19:22] I have a digital box, yes, I'm running a S-Video cable from the box to a Hauppauge 150. But I don't want to mess with channel changing; I just want to do a straight pass through, if possible. [19:26] dsbw, thats not possible [19:32] Hi there ; what's the best way to build MythTV on a Mythbuntu box and install it without totally screwing up your existing install? [19:56] awilkins: use another box or use virtualbox [19:57] rhpot1991: I suppose what I mean is, how do I build it with the Mythbuntu customizations [19:57] apt-get source mythtv? [19:58] I'm no stranger to building MythTV, I was running trunk up until just before the Qt4 merge [19:58] or check out the bzr branch? [19:58] rhpot1991: I'm trying to find the bzr branch, there's this enormous list of them on the Mythbuntu project page on LP [19:59] All I want to do is backmerge some trunk fixes relating to not-totally-wrong-seektables-on-DVB and build/install it [19:59] awilkins: https://launchpad.net/mythtv [19:59] Heh, my fault for looking at mythbuntu first [20:49] any lirc experts around? [20:55] * awilkins is not an expert but may have advice [21:33] RealNitro: lirc? === MythbuntuGuest69 is now known as tgm4883_ [21:37] awilkins: Linux Infrared Remote Control (I think) [21:38] RealNitro: Yes, you were asking for help? [21:38] yeah [21:38] LIRC is something like my nemesis [21:38] years ago I got it to work on gentoo [21:38] Sounds just like me :-) [21:38] one day it stopped working, since then it never did [21:39] I tested my remote using winlirc yesterday [21:39] and it still works [21:39] but on Linux I can't get it working [21:39] Are you still on Gentoo? And what's your hardware? [21:39] (Pinnacle PCTV pro remote) [21:40] I'm on mythbuntu now [21:40] hardy [21:40] the remote comes with a serial port receiver and uses the pinsys driver [21:41] My remote is rather different because it has a kernel event driver [21:41] Uses dev/event [21:41] I wish mine did :) [21:42] I tested all inputs today using irw [21:42] it's not there :) [21:42] s/input/event input/ [21:42] Does your /etc/lircd.conf just say "include /usr/share/lirc/remotes/pinnacle_systems/lircd.conf/pctv" > [21:43] ?> [21:43] Do you have that file? [21:43] it did [21:43] and I copied the actual file over it :) [21:44] I'm trying to work out where the right port gets set [21:44] ? [21:44] Aha, how about /etc/lirc/hardware.conf ? [21:45] that's a custom file now [21:46] I have mostly been trying to run lircd with -n and --driver=... --device=... to get more feedback [21:47] Hmmph, I suppose you've tried all the /dev/ttyS0, 1, 2, 3, etc [21:48] yep [21:48] the only one working is /dev/lirc0 [21:48] And are using the pinsys driver. [21:48] uhu [21:48] Darn [21:50] I drives me so mad I've even brought the Linux device drivers book home from work to start learning how I can fix LIRC :p [22:54] What is required for "Fetch Channels from Listings source" do I need to have subscribed to a aervice for this?, can I test watching tv without it? [23:03] can i have help please [23:03] http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com/f79fcc8ec [23:06] anyone there that can help? / would like to help? [23:09] very new to ubuntu and linux doing ok setting pc up got drivers sorted (i think) got mythbuntu in as well thought i was doing ok then started to cofigure mythtv it all fell to bits [23:14] hi buntu that sounds like a name that should know some answers [23:14] Hi im new to mythbuntu . I was playing around with the frontend and backend settings and now when i laund mythbuntu i get a light gray menu with only six options. i no longer get the black menu with all of the options. can somebody tell me what i did wrong? thanks [23:15] i think i chose wrong name then [23:15] lol [23:15] lol [23:15] im new to linux [23:15] oh ok never mind thought you wereb going to be my angle [23:16] angel even [23:18] iv only ever had grey menu with 6 options your the lucky one [23:19] when i first installed i got the black menu with all of the video card , theme , guide etc . and now i get gray screen [23:20] Greetings and Salutations. I'm interested in building a MythBuntu box using one of those neat MSI Wind boxes. I'm going to install the OS on a CF card and need to know what size card I should aquire. How much space does the OS take up? [23:25] i used a fresh drive for my install nothing else on drive mythbuntu drivers etc no recordings etc have used 5.1 gb [23:26] Interesting, I didn't expect it to be that big [23:26] but am no expert so that might be complete garbage [23:27] One way or another, I should be safe with an 8 GB card then. [23:27] Definitly [23:27] As long as I don't have to buy a 16 GB. Those things are expensive. ;) [23:27] i didnt think it would either was surprised when i looked [23:28] whats "cf" [23:28] CF = Compact Flash [23:28] compact flash [23:29] yer yer just as i said it realised [23:29] you any help with linux or are you newbie? [23:30] My Linux experience is very very limited. Just to my Nokia Web Tablet. [23:37] Thanks for the help folks. Have a great evening. [23:39] any one here to help? [23:46] Worst user interface of all time