| dashcloud | hi, I'm trying to follow the upgrade procedure, and on step 7 (restore the database) it keeps failing- ERROR: The specified backup file cannot be read. | 00:07 |
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| dashcloud | Invalid backup filename, stopped at /usr/share/mythtv/mythconverg_restore.pl line 831. | 00:07 |
| mrand | dashcloud: I don't know if I'll have enough time to help, but what command line are you using? | 00:08 |
| dashcloud | /usr/share/mythtv/mythconverg_restore.pl --verbose --directory /var/lib/mythtv/db_backups/ --filename mythconverg-1214-20091129174054.sql.gz | 00:09 |
| mrand | And is that file in that directory? | 00:10 |
| dashcloud | yes | 00:11 |
| mrand | dashcloud: I don't have any reason to suspect the version you are using is bad or wrong, but you might grab the latest one... I think yours may be a tad old. What are the permissions on that mythconverg file? | 00:21 |
| dashcloud | -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root | 00:22 |
| mrand | Those are strange permissions. Perhaps chown and grp to mythtv? | 00:26 |
| mrand | sorry, gotta run. good luck! | 00:26 |
| bllz | Is there any documentation for recording tv shows with a Motorola DTA 100? | 02:41 |
| bllz | I have a PVR150 whith a coax-in that could record the output from the DTA | 02:41 |
| bllz | but i was wondering if anybody has figured out the IRblaster situation yet | 02:41 |
| bllz | lol or is everybody AFK? | 02:43 |
| dashcloud | bllz: I would check the forums, and the mythtv wiki & user mailing list- other than that, I can't help you | 02:51 |
| bllz | dashcloud, thanks! I checked those already | 02:56 |
| bllz | lol only one person seeding mythbuntu? wow | 04:18 |
| aasgkk | hello | 08:54 |
| aasgkk | can anybody help me with my problem? http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com/f1e63f3ba | 08:59 |
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| rhpot1991 | aasgkk: what exactly is your problem? | 17:33 |
| aasgkk | that i doesn't know the problem ;) whating tv in mythtv works not good.. very unstable.. | 17:44 |
| aasgkk | sometimes mythbackend use permanently 100% cpu | 17:45 |
| aasgkk | channelswitching is not possible | 17:47 |
| aasgkk | only sky select works fine ;) | 17:47 |
| rhpot1991 | you have a whole lot of these in your frontend log: | 17:51 |
| rhpot1991 | # | 17:51 |
| rhpot1991 | 2009-12-10 09:40:16.175 [mpeg2video @ 0x58c56c0]ac-tex damaged at 33 29 | 17:51 |
| rhpot1991 | # | 17:51 |
| rhpot1991 | 2009-12-10 09:40:16.175 [mpeg2video @ 0x58c56c0]00 motion_type at 8 11 | 17:51 |
| rhpot1991 | might be a bad recording, or your tuner is having issues | 17:51 |
| aasgkk | mhmm i think the cable-installation is the mainproblem.. i think it is 30 years old.. no good time for dvbc | 17:52 |
| wilberfan | I want to have a working frontend and backend AND a gnome or xfce ubuntu 9.10 system... Is it better to install mythbuntu first then ADD gnome, etc...or get Ubuntu up and running, then ADD mythtv? | 18:55 |
| darthanubis | get Ubuntu up and running, then ADD mythtv | 18:57 |
| wilberfan | excellent... | 18:58 |
| wilberfan | thanks! =] | 18:58 |
| bllz | Hi, I have comcast digital cable, and i'll be setting up a PVR150 along with an IR blaster. My question is, will the on-demand content still be available? My understanding is that the stock comcast remote sends a "0" followed by an "enter" command to access the on-demand menu, so it *should* work, right? | 19:00 |
| bllz | Also, I don't have a monitor (other than my TV, obviously) can somebody recommend a VNC client for windows that will work well with the default vnc client in mythbuntu? I'm hoping to do all the configuration that way | 19:03 |
| rhpot1991 | bllz: well in theory you should be able to make it work, its only IR commands | 19:04 |
| bllz | rhpot1991: that's what I figured, but in my experience it's always good to ask ahead of time =) | 19:05 |
| bllz | i have another question though | 19:05 |
| rhpot1991 | I think I used tightvnc in the past on windows, its been a while | 19:06 |
| bllz | I've never used an IR blaster/set-top-box combination before. Won't there be a problem with the on-screen display from the STB showing up when I change channels in myth? | 19:06 |
| bllz | tightvnc. I'll look into that, thanks | 19:06 |
| rhpot1991 | bllz: you will be recording whatever is on screen | 19:07 |
| rhpot1991 | unless you have 2 of them, you will be recording what you are watching | 19:07 |
| bllz | right, that's what i assumed, but is there any workaround? | 19:07 |
| rhpot1991 | work around for what, watching what you record? | 19:07 |
| bllz | no no | 19:07 |
| bllz | I'm worried that when I change channels through myth, the OSD from the STB will appear and either a) look hideous with the OSD from myth or b) end up in my recordings | 19:08 |
| bllz | since it's on screen | 19:08 |
| bllz | so i'm wondering if anything can be done to resolve that | 19:08 |
| rhpot1991 | bllz: nothing with on demand | 19:08 |
| rhpot1991 | you need to use their stb to record that | 19:08 |
| rhpot1991 | it will go away after a few seconds though | 19:09 |
| bllz | oh sorry, i wasn't clear. I meant with TV in general as far as the OSD issue is concerned | 19:09 |
| bllz | not necessarily osd | 19:09 |
| bllz | *on-demand | 19:09 |
| bllz | damn... i'm having trouble talking today =) | 19:09 |
| Zinn | bllz: Please watch your language. | 19:09 |
| rhpot1991 | it should tune and then the recording should start | 19:10 |
| rhpot1991 | for intance I use firewire and by the time its ready to record the osd is off of the screen for me | 19:10 |
| rhpot1991 | bllz: gotta run and do something if you have any other questions ask away and I'll answer them when I get back if no one else stepped in | 19:11 |
| bllz | sounds good, thankx | 19:11 |
| * bllzz bllz | 19:17 | |
| mrand | rhpot1991: depending on his cable box, he might also be able to do channel changing via serial port. My non-HD box provides for that, so that's what I use. I've tested IR blasting and it works fine. Well, on a PVR-USB2, not -150. | 20:04 |
| rhpot1991 | mrand: yep, firewire may also be an option. I assumed he has to IR blast but ya I shoulda tossed that out there | 20:05 |
| rhpot1991 | looks like he is gone | 20:05 |
| mrand | yeah. | 20:10 |
| baggar11 | would there be any problems running a 32bit host, connecting to a 64bit backend? | 21:01 |
| baggar11 | 32bit host --> frontend | 21:01 |
| rhpot1991 | baggar11: nope | 21:03 |
| baggar11 | cool. thanks | 21:03 |
| bllz | why is there no 9.10 alt cd for mythbuntu? | 23:19 |
| mrand | bllz: it was very rarely used and the team was already stretched thin. | 23:21 |
| mrand | bllz: per your conversation earlier, if your STB has a serial port, you might be able to use that rather than IR blasting. My older Time Warner cable box has it. | 23:22 |
| bllz | mrand: oh. that's a shame. i guess there's no way to set up an LVM after installing, is there? | 23:22 |
| bllz | mrand: unfortunately it doesnt. It's one of those motorola DCT700 models | 23:22 |
| bllz | they're smaller and only have IR | 23:22 |
| bllz | coax in/out | 23:23 |
| mrand | bummer. | 23:24 |
| bllz | yeah i agree | 23:24 |
| bllz | i also got a DTA just in case that's easier | 23:24 |
| mrand | set up LVM after installing? uhh, not that I know of. From a myth perspective, LVM's are needed with the introduction of storage groups. | 23:24 |
| bllz | mrand: yeah I was just hoping to span a volume over two drives | 23:25 |
| bllz | but I guess that's not strictly necessary | 23:25 |
| mrand | DCT700? Isn't that that old digital capable box? | 23:25 |
| mrand | Oh wait, no... it isn't an old thing. I got excited for a minute... the one I'm think of can be modified to allow firewire output. | 23:26 |
| bllz | http://images.google.com/images?q=motorola%20dct700&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi | 23:26 |
| bllz | yeah it definitely doesn't ahve firewire | 23:26 |
| mrand | I wonder if I can re-find what I'm thinking of. It didn't come with firewire, but it could manually modified. | 23:27 |
| mrand | DCP501 is what I was thinking of. | 23:28 |
| bllz | and what could be done with that one? | 23:31 |
| bllz | you could change channels via firewire? | 23:31 |
| mrand | I assume so. More importantly, you can use it as your tuner... capture via firewire. But you have to modify it to do that. R5000 style. | 23:33 |
| bllz | oh | 23:33 |
| bllz | well it's a moot point, since i don't have it lol | 23:33 |
| bllz | so i also got a DTA from comcast... which do you think will be easier to use? the DTA or the STB? | 23:34 |
| bllz | the dta connects to a separate IR receiver via a headphone-jack-looking plug (the same as my IR blaster for my PVR150) ... so i'm thinking I might be able to just use a double-male cable and avoid the whole IR quandry | 23:35 |
| mrand | Hmmm.... well, if you have both, I'd try to use both, to be honest. I think people have gotten both to work. But does the DTA work for encrypted channels? You may need the STB to get most of your channels. | 23:37 |
| bllz | yeah the DTA works for everythign except on-demand | 23:39 |
| rhpot1991 | firewire sucks, but other than that :) | 23:39 |
| rhpot1991 | and definitely wont work for on demand, they lock that down | 23:40 |
| rhpot1991 | hdpvr + firewire tuning is the way to go | 23:40 |
| bllz | yeah so it seems | 23:41 |
| bllz | unfortunately I have neither =) | 23:41 |
| mrand | Do a really good theme for mythtv and you can the HDPVR! | 23:41 |
| mrand | can WIN the HDPVR | 23:41 |
| mrand | not sure where those three letters went. They were in my head, but didn't come out my fingers. | 23:42 |
| bllz | haha I know nothing about graphic design | 23:42 |
| bllz | lol a la "i accidentally the whole thing" | 23:42 |
| mrand | It's just some XML. | 23:42 |
| bllz | which I know nothing about | 23:42 |
| bllz | *nothing* lol | 23:42 |
| bllz | i have a pvr150 | 23:42 |
| bllz | lol | 23:42 |
| mrand | PVR150 won't help you with winning the theming competition | 23:43 |
| mrand | :-) | 23:43 |
| bllz | lol unfortunately | 23:43 |
| bllz | well... looks like either way i'm giving up on this lvm idea and i'm just going to get the mythbuntu live cd | 23:43 |
| bllz | so i should probably start with that | 23:44 |
| mrand | bllz: btw, I mistyped above. I meant to say "LVM's are UNneeded with the introduction of storage groups" | 23:44 |
| bllz | mrand | 23:44 |
| bllz | oh | 23:44 |
| * mrand slows his fingers down a bit. | 23:44 | |
| bllz | that changes everything lol | 23:44 |
| bllz | in that case, F**ck it | 23:44 |
| bllz | lol | 23:44 |
| mrand | heheheh | 23:45 |
| mrand | sorry for the misunderstanding. | 23:45 |
| bllz | i may be getting rid of that drive anyway | 23:45 |
| bllz | no, no worries | 23:45 |
| bllz | you've been very helpful | 23:45 |
| mrand | Glad to hear. | 23:45 |
| bllz | hey wait a minute... | 23:45 |
| bllz | >=) | 23:46 |
| bllz | i have an old laptop | 23:46 |
| bllz | and an external enclosure that could hold my loud/annoying drive | 23:46 |
| bllz | couldn't I set up some sort of secondary backend? | 23:46 |
| bllz | and use the storage group feature? | 23:46 |
| mrand | Yes. | 23:46 |
| bllz | well then | 23:47 |
| bllz | that's settled | 23:47 |
| bllz | i'll worry about that later, however | 23:47 |
| bllz | although real quick, mrand, I assume the laptop in question doesn't ahve to be excessively powerful to handle this kind of taks? | 23:48 |
| bllz | because it's rather old | 23:48 |
| bllz | in fact, it can't even boot a xubuntu livecd | 23:48 |
| mrand | bllz: nope. It could be either a slave backend, or actually you could just use it as a remote filesystem. Streaming media from a drive can't be too difficult for even the oldest of machines. | 23:49 |
| bllz | that's what I figured | 23:49 |
| bllz | would a slave backend have GUI? | 23:50 |
| bllz | and also, what protocol would I want to use for a remote filesystem? smb? | 23:51 |
| bllz | you there, mrand? | 23:54 |
| rhpot1991 | depends what you are sharing | 23:54 |
| rhpot1991 | mythtv will share most files itself | 23:54 |
| rhpot1991 | music/photos/ISO files you will need smb or nfs | 23:54 |
| mrand | bllz: sorry, was interrupted. slave backend doesn't have a frontend gui, but it might require a gui just to set the thing up. | 23:55 |
| mrand | on a very weak machine, I don't know that there is a reason to run it as a slave backend though, what do you think rhpot1991. | 23:56 |
| mrand | Maybe just use it as a smb or nfs fileserver. | 23:56 |
| rhpot1991 | I missed the quetion, unless you need the expanded storage I wouldn't bother | 23:56 |
| rhpot1991 | storage as in hard drive and pci slots for tuners | 23:56 |
| rhpot1991 | also you can always add a slace backend later, get one running first :) | 23:57 |
| bllz | rhpot1991: the issue is i have one VERY loud harddrive that I can potentially put in an enclosure and attach to a laptop | 23:57 |
| bllz | the laptop could then either run a remote filesystem or a myth slave backend | 23:57 |
| mrand | weak laptop. I think he's using it to get the loud drive away from everything else. | 23:57 |
| bllz | i.e. in the closet where it belongs lol | 23:57 |
| rhpot1991 | how large is the drive? | 23:57 |
| bllz | 500gb | 23:57 |
| rhpot1991 | slave backend without a tuner wont do much for you | 23:57 |
| rhpot1991 | each backend will record to its own storage groups (I'm pretty sure) | 23:58 |
| mrand | rhpot1991: yeah, that what I realized after thinking about it a second. | 23:58 |
| bllz | but you can prioritize storage groups can't you? | 23:58 |
| mrand | bllz: A loud 500 GB? Is it going bad? :-) | 23:58 |
| rhpot1991 | bllz: without that drive you don't think you will have enough storage? | 23:58 |
| bllz | so Ilots of seek noise | 23:58 |
| rhpot1991 | I'd just get a new drive :) | 23:58 |
| bllz | i have another 500gb drive in the frontend | 23:58 |
| rhpot1991 | if its loud something is prob wrong | 23:58 |
| rhpot1991 | and you can get a 1-2tb drive for cheap anymore | 23:58 |
| mrand | rhpot1991: me too :-) | 23:58 |
| bllz | rhpot1991: no, it's just loud seek noise and it's a seagate so no AAM | 23:59 |
| bllz | yeah, the problem is i can't really afford a new drive right now =/ | 23:59 |
| mrand | Find a sale over christmas. 1 TB was $60 over Thanksgiving. | 23:59 |
| bllz | damn | 23:59 |
| Zinn | bllz: Please watch your language. | 23:59 |
| bllz | that's not bad at all | 23:59 |
| rhpot1991 | bllz: get the system up and running with one 500 for now? | 23:59 |
| bllz | Zinn's a sensitive little bot isn't he? | 23:59 |
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