| mechcozmo | hi, i'm having a problem where my backend cannot scan for channels | 04:05 |
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| mechcozmo | running mythbuntu 9.10 | 04:06 |
| ripperda | hey guys, I have a question related to saving movies on a remote nfs mount; specifically, not getting the artwork to appear properly for these videos | 05:12 |
| ripperda | I ripped dvds to my local machine and downloaded metadata; all of the artwork/covers/etc pulled up properly | 05:12 |
| ripperda | I then started moving some of the movies to an NAS, and now I don't see any of the artwork | 05:12 |
| ripperda | I'm curious how the video is bound to the artwork. I did notice that the videos (still visible in mythtv, as I did update the video paths) no longer have metadata. I re-downloaded the metadata, but still can't see artwork | 05:15 |
| superm1 | ripperda, so it depends on if they were in a storage group originally | 06:37 |
| superm1 | if they're in a storage group, then the artwork gets stored in a separate storage group i think | 06:37 |
| superm1 | if they were "local" (i put that in quotes because NFS / SMB mount is treated the same way), then you need to set the place to store the artwork in mythvideo settings on every box | 06:38 |
| superm1 | there's probably a few ways to cheat that come to mind | 06:39 |
| superm1 | 1) NFS/SMB mount the NAS on the backend, and then set that path to your storage groups | 06:39 |
| superm1 | of course that might be a ton of unnecessary overhead | 06:39 |
| superm1 | 2) NFS mount a common path for all frontends to grab/store the artwork from | 06:40 |
| superm1 | you might want to raise this in #mythtv-users too, those people might have some more generic ideas | 06:40 |
| mechcozmo | hello, my Mythbuntu 9.10 install is not able to detect channels | 07:01 |
| mechcozmo | i've seen this is a bug, but is there a workaround? | 07:02 |
| foxbuntu | mechcozmo, thats a more specific bug related to a specific tuner card iirc, its more likely a configuration issue. | 07:15 |
| mechcozmo | foxbuntu: the tuner is a PVR500 | 07:16 |
| foxbuntu | mechcozmo, what are you trying to do when you say "detect channels" | 07:16 |
| foxbuntu | mechcozmo, that is a very well supported card | 07:16 |
| mechcozmo | foxbuntu: "scan for channels" gives "no lock", stays stuck on one station | 07:16 |
| mechcozmo | https://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+bug/470756 | 07:17 |
| mechcozmo | i believe this to be the right URL | 07:17 |
| foxbuntu | mechcozmo, are you trying to scan ATSC/QAM with that? | 07:17 |
| mechcozmo | no, scan set to us-cable | 07:17 |
| foxbuntu | mechcozmo, is your PVR500 using the RG6/Coax connectors or Composite Connections for video input? | 07:18 |
| mechcozmo | foxbuntu: Coax | 07:18 |
| mechcozmo | foxbuntu: it downloaded the Schedules Direct (trial subscription) data, but without channel freq. info, MythWeb doesn't seem to be able to match them up | 07:19 |
| mechcozmo | or mythfilldatabase hasn't run properly | 07:19 |
| mechcozmo | either way, can't hit "watch live TV" | 07:20 |
| foxbuntu | mechcozmo, I dont follow... | 07:20 |
| mechcozmo | foxbuntu: sorry, got a bit ahead of myself | 07:20 |
| foxbuntu | mechcozmo, does your cable co. have a "on-demand" channel? | 07:21 |
| mechcozmo | foxbuntu: no | 07:21 |
| ripperda | superm1, thanks, got distracted and need to head out. I've saved your comments off and will play around with things a little more tomorrow, to better understand how things fit together | 07:21 |
| mechcozmo | foxbuntu: during backend setup, Step #4 | 07:21 |
| mechcozmo | foxbuntu: choose the tuner on either /dev/video0 or /dev/video1 | 07:22 |
| foxbuntu | mechcozmo, one sec have to switch to another laptop for a sec...brb (working tonight) | 07:22 |
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| mechcozmo | foxbuntu: no problem | 07:22 |
| foxbuntu | mechcozmo, ok, when you chose the tuner, which device type did you select? Analog V4L Device or IVTV? | 07:24 |
| mechcozmo | MPEG | 07:24 |
| foxbuntu | mechcozmo, thats wrong, and the reason your tuner doesnt work | 07:25 |
| foxbuntu | mechcozmo, that is an IVTV tuner | 07:25 |
| mechcozmo | foxbuntu: oh | 07:26 |
| foxbuntu | mechcozmo, no big deal...common mistake | 07:26 |
| mechcozmo | foxbuntu: yeah... it is an MPEG-2 encoder... seemed like the right option | 07:26 |
| foxbuntu | mechcozmo, yeah...the MPEG option is for something feeding an MPEG feed to mythtv, not for a tuner that encodes to MPEG...I know its a fine line...but its a big difference on the way MythTV handles it | 07:27 |
| mechcozmo | foxbuntu: if the system knows i have a PVR500, can't it probe and auto-add the card? | 07:28 |
| mechcozmo | to avoid such issues? | 07:28 |
| foxbuntu | mechcozmo, there have been many development discussions about that very subject, but at this time there isnt any real solution, its a far more complex issue than it looks, however there is some working being done to make the setup much easier to start with | 07:29 |
| mechcozmo | foxbuntu: same problem now, it has stopped at channel 12 | 07:30 |
| mechcozmo | foxbuntu: Status: Scanning us-cable 12 No Lock | 07:30 |
| mechcozmo | foxbuntu: 0% Signal Strength, 5% Scan | 07:30 |
| foxbuntu | mechcozmo, iirc the us-cable freq setting is actually QAM thus the "no lock" | 07:31 |
| foxbuntu | mechcozmo, go back and set the default freq to us-bcast (broadcast) and try the scan again | 07:31 |
| mechcozmo | foxbuntu: same thing | 07:33 |
| foxbuntu | ok...btb | 07:33 |
| mechcozmo | foxbuntu: "Scanning us-bcast 12 No Lock" | 07:33 |
| mechcozmo | foxbuntu: btb? | 07:34 |
| foxbuntu | brb* | 07:35 |
| foxbuntu | mechcozmo, is the coax cable running from the wall direct to the PVR500 or is it running through the cable box first? | 07:36 |
| foxbuntu | mechcozmo, also, are you on digital (not HD) cable or standard cable | 07:36 |
| mechcozmo | foxbuntu: no cable box... just really basic cable | 07:36 |
| mechcozmo | foxbuntu: not HD either | 07:37 |
| foxbuntu | mechcozmo, ok...brb...trying to fix stupid servers in the office... | 07:37 |
| mechcozmo | foxbuntu: ah, those are always fun | 07:38 |
| mechcozmo | foxbuntu: hello? | 08:28 |
| map7_ | What's the easiest way to setup a remote frontend under Mythbuntu 9.10? | 12:52 |
| tmkt | hey hey | 14:24 |
| tmkt | who was the guy looking for the answer to the remote control issues with 9.10 / hvrf-1600 | 14:24 |
| tmkt | found the answer this morning well documented | 14:24 |
| tmkt | Rob_Z: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1043882&highlight=hvr-1600&page=3 | 14:24 |
| MythbuntuGuest24 | Hi all...I've just installed v 9.10 (I'm a linux novice - only dabbled before). I have a graphics card with vga and s-video tv out. The tv initially shows the bios check and the mythbuntu logo but then goes blank when mythbuntu kicks in properly. I've tried setting to 4:3 rather than 16:9 in myth settings. In ubuntu I've tried changing to 640 by 480 at 60hz (as low as I can go). No luck. Any thoughts? Than | 17:54 |
| superm1 | MythbuntuGuest24, so in the installer did you install the proprietary nvidia driver? | 17:56 |
| MythbuntuGuest24 | I remember it gave me some choice and I chose the proprietary option...don't think it was called n-vidia however, maybe it was called ATI...but not the open source option anyway | 17:57 |
| superm1 | ah okay. so what's the model of this card? | 17:57 |
| superm1 | it's possible that the ATI driver doesn't support it (although the installer thought it did) | 17:58 |
| MythbuntuGuest24 | hmmm it was a Radeon something | 17:58 |
| MythbuntuGuest24 | runs on AGP | 17:58 |
| MythbuntuGuest24 | slot | 17:58 |
| superm1 | look at "lspci | grep VGA" | 18:00 |
| superm1 | that should hopefully tell you the model number | 18:00 |
| MythbuntuGuest24 | thanks one moment | 18:01 |
| MythbuntuGuest24 | Radeon 7000/VE | 18:04 |
| superm1 | that won't work with the proprietary driver | 18:04 |
| superm1 | so you'll want to do one of two things | 18:04 |
| superm1 | 1) Reinstall (if you aren't that invested into the system yet) | 18:05 |
| superm1 | 2) remove fglrx-kernel-source, xorg-driver-fglrx and /etc/X11/xorg.conf (it'll work with a blank file) | 18:05 |
| MythbuntuGuest24 | sounds good - happy to reinstall | 18:06 |
| MythbuntuGuest24 | but what option...should I just choose the open source one then at that choice? | 18:06 |
| superm1 | Yeah | 18:06 |
| MythbuntuGuest24 | star you are - I'll give it a go :o) | 18:07 |
| MythbuntuGuest24 | Thanks | 18:07 |
| superm1 | no probs | 18:07 |
| MythbuntuGuest50 | Hi...I've installed 9.10 but can't get the tv out working...my tv initially shows the bios check and then the mythbuntu logo after which it goes black. I came on here for some advice earlier and suggestion was I try reinstall choosing the open source video driver this time. Last time I tried the other proprietary option but same problem. My graphics card is an ATI Radeon 7000/VE running on an AGP slot. | 19:33 |
| MythbuntuGuest50 | I've tried changing the resolution to 640 by 480 at 60Hz and tried changing the control centre settings to 4:3 ratio and PAL-I (UK). Wonder if I'm missing something | 19:34 |
| MythbuntuGuest50 | But nothing shows on tv even if I've quit out to the Ubuntu desktop so I guess I have a driver problem. | 19:35 |
| mechcozmo | hello, my Mythbuntu 9.10 box will not detect channels when asked to "Scan for Channels" | 22:35 |
| henrik_ | Is there anyone who knows why I'm getting bad signal strenght on a hauppauge pvr 1300 card, the signal in the cable is messured to 75% of signal power and 90 % of quality, but in mythtv it only showes up at about 39% signal. | 23:20 |
| henrik_ | I'm on a newly installed 9.10 all updates done, a new v4l is compiled to fix the bug with it not beeing able to scan for chanels. | 23:20 |
| henrik_ | the version I have is: | 23:21 |
| henrik_ | 05:05.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder (rev 05) | 23:21 |
| henrik_ | 05:05.1 Multimedia controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [Audio Port] (rev 05) | 23:21 |
| henrik_ | 05:05.2 Multimedia controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [MPEG Port] (rev 05) | 23:21 |
| henrik_ | superm1, anything you know anything about? what you don't know is not worth knowing. | 23:26 |
| mechcozmo | henrik_: how do you fix V4L? | 23:53 |
| mechcozmo | henrik_: i'm having the same problem with my 9.10 box being unable to scan for channels | 23:53 |
| henrik_ | hello | 23:58 |
| henrik_ | well not that hard.. first you download headers and build essentials.. | 23:59 |
| henrik_ | sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential | 23:59 |
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