| wilberfan | let me copy over the .lircrc file...i don't have one of those yet!! | 00:03 |
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| wilberfan | brb | 00:03 |
| wilberfan | damn. that didn't work... | 00:08 |
| Zinn | wilberfan: Please watch your language. | 00:08 |
| wilberfan | sorry, mr zinn!! | 00:08 |
| wilberfan | krap, that didn't work? | 00:08 |
| wilberfan | lol | 00:08 |
| wilberfan | are lirc-modules included in Ubuntu 9.10...?? | 00:15 |
| bep | if i have a backend and combined frontend machine and a recording is scheduled and the machine is suspended will it wake up to record? | 00:47 |
| wilberfan | brb | 01:23 |
| mechcozmo | hello, i'm looking for recommendations on for a TV tuner to use | 01:39 |
| mechcozmo | requirements are: hardware MPEG-2 encoding | 01:40 |
| mechcozmo | also, either half-height PCI or USB | 01:40 |
| mechcozmo | other than that... i'm open to suggestions | 01:40 |
| darthanubis | do you want a list to sort through and find for yourself or do you want people to give you their person opinions from what they have or use personally? | 01:46 |
| bllz | mechozmo: I've been very happy with my pvr150, but that's not half-height | 01:47 |
| mechcozmo | i don't mind looking through a list if there's one available, but if you have a personal recommendation then i'd take it | 01:47 |
| bllz | by any extent of the meaning of the word lol | 01:47 |
| bllz | mechozmo: it would also help if we knew whether you were planning on recording HDTV or even digital tv | 01:48 |
| mechcozmo | bllz: sorry, regular cable... no HD, no digital | 01:48 |
| bllz | mechcozmo: lol you've done nothing wrong =) | 01:48 |
| bllz | I'd *really* recommend a pvr150 | 01:49 |
| mechcozmo | bllz: I ha | 01:49 |
| bllz | but it's full size | 01:49 |
| bllz | i don't know how adament you are in your desire for a small form factor card... | 01:49 |
| bllz | but the reason I'd recommend it is that it's completely supported out of the box | 01:49 |
| bllz | hardware mpeg2 encoder | 01:49 |
| mechcozmo | bllz: i have a PVR-500 in a backend right now, but i'm realizing i could simplify the project greatly if i put the big hard drive into the frontend case as well as the tuner | 01:49 |
| bllz | and probably the cheapest one you'll find | 01:49 |
| mechcozmo | i don't see much expansion until we go HD, which won't be for a bit | 01:50 |
| mechcozmo | and will require a redo of everything | 01:50 |
| bllz | right | 01:50 |
| bllz | well, if you don't mind my asking, why not repurpose your backend as a combined frontend-backend? | 01:50 |
| mechcozmo | bllz: because it's really loud, whereas the frontend isn't | 01:51 |
| bllz | if it's harddrive noise you're concerned about you could use hdparm to set the AAM to quiet | 01:51 |
| bllz | or is it fan noise? | 01:51 |
| mechcozmo | also, size | 01:51 |
| mechcozmo | the frontend is a MII10000 with a 4GB microdrive | 01:51 |
| bllz | aah | 01:51 |
| * bllz wants a quiet frontend.... or a new harddrive that's not a goddamn seagate | 01:52 | |
| mechcozmo | hence, USB2 or half-height PCI tuner | 01:52 |
| * bllz also wants a new tv and a pony | 01:52 | |
| bllz | mechcozmo: makes perfect sense... have you looked at newegg? | 01:53 |
| bllz | the power search might help you find a few models | 01:53 |
| bllz | and you could then look up their compatibility | 01:53 |
| mechcozmo | true, but generally real-live-people (or well-scripted IRC bots) give good advice | 01:53 |
| bllz | haha very true | 01:56 |
| bllz | i think we might have better advice if you can narrow it down to 2 or 3 models though | 01:56 |
| mechcozmo | bllz: none that have good reviews | 01:57 |
| bllz | hmm | 01:58 |
| mechcozmo | http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Hauppauge_WinTV-PVR-USB2 looks like it would work nicely, despite being about 1/2 as being as the computer itself | 01:59 |
| quinten | so i just tried using flash for the first time. no sound is going out, although sound works fine in mythtv using hdmi audio out | 02:01 |
| quinten | anyone happen to know where i configure which audio device is used by flash? | 02:01 |
| bllz | quinten: i don't know, but you might have more luck in #ubuntu | 02:03 |
| bllz | even though you're running mythbuntu, I presume? | 02:03 |
| quinten | yes | 02:03 |
| quinten | okay, i may try that, thanks | 02:04 |
| bllz | good luck! | 02:05 |
| bllz | Can somebody check my logic real quick? I have a DTA and a STB and I'd ideally like to use the DTA with my capture card. There's a working LIRC config for the STB but not for the DTA, however, I've noticed that the stock comcast remote works with either of these two devices. This surely means they use the same IR codes, so the config for the STB shoudl work with the DTA, right? | 02:08 |
| mechcozmo | would anything bad happen if you tried it and it didn't work? | 02:08 |
| bllz | mechcozmo: nothing except if there's an obvious flaw in my logic, i'd rather not go through the hassle | 02:09 |
| bllz | but yeah, i'm probably going to end up trying it anyway | 02:09 |
| mechcozmo | seems like it all makes sense | 02:09 |
| bllz | yeah to me too | 02:10 |
| bllz | hopefully it will | 02:10 |
| bllz | the dta has an external IR adapter, so I'm hoping I can just skip the IR bullshit altogether and wire the two ports | 02:10 |
| bllz | I guess I may as well get started | 02:13 |
| mechcozmo | bllz: heard of an "ASUS Combo-210"? | 02:15 |
| mechcozmo | there are quite a few on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ASUS-Combo-210-ATSC-NTSC-TV-Tuner-Low-Profile-PCI-Card_W0QQitemZ390130321585QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5ad59448b1#ht_744wt_941 | 02:15 |
| bllz | huh, never | 02:15 |
| mechcozmo | oh, nevermind... looks like it's actually PCIe | 02:16 |
| mechcozmo | wait a sec | 02:16 |
| mechcozmo | review picture + ebay picture do not match | 02:16 |
| wilberfan | anyone in the mood to help me diagnose a 'remote-isn't-working' situation? | 02:44 |
| wilberfan | the remote commands aren't getting to mythtv... | 02:44 |
| wilberfan | LIRC, Error: Failed to connect to Unix socket '/var/run/lirc/lircd' | 02:45 |
| wilberfan | <wilberfan> eno: Connection refused (111) | 02:45 |
| bllz | I'm looking at a lircd config file that works with my set top box except that the ZERO code doesn't work. A the bottom of the tutorial is an alternate lirc config file that supposedly works, but it's missing some of the functionality on some MCE remote buttons. Is there a way to include the IR code for 0 in the alternate config (which is in raw format) and include it in the working config? | 03:14 |
| bllz | Link: I'm looking at a lircd config file that works with my set top box except that the ZERO code doesn't work. A the bottom of the tutorial is an alternate lirc config file that supposedly works, but it's missing some of the functionality on some MCE remote buttons. Is there a way to include the IR code for 0 in the alternate config (which is in raw format) and include it in the working config? | 03:14 |
| bllz | oops | 03:14 |
| bllz | sorry... here's the link: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Motorola_DCT700_Channel_Change_Script | 03:14 |
| MythbuntuGuest39 | I installed 9.10 an I am trying to watch live my ISP provider udp streams. I configured backend a all how to recomands, I downloaded m3U list from http://www.rula.net/t2/t2tv.m3u, but I was almost unable to load chanel with optiona, load chanels from source. After aprox. 10min of configuring, I was actually able to load m3u list. Reproducable - Always. When I tried the other option scan for channels nothing happen. I t | 04:24 |
| MythbuntuGuest39 | Sorry for my spelling errors, It's a bit late here, Regards | 04:31 |
| === jose is now known as Shadow__X | ||
| orificium | Is there a way to modify the vnc server config so that when I connect remotely it uses the second virtual desktop (the one not occupied by Mythbuntu)? | 06:36 |
| orificium | Frontend | 06:36 |
| superm1 | you can spawn another vnc server on command line | 06:37 |
| superm1 | apt-get install vnc4server | 06:37 |
| superm1 | and look at it | 06:37 |
| orificium | how does the vnc srever start on the mythbuntu distro? the one configured by MCC. I'm used to seeing things in /etc/init.d | 06:38 |
| bllz | Anybody here: I follwed the directions on this website (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Motorola_DCT700_Channel_Change_Script) and now my MCE remote doesn't work anymore | 06:40 |
| bllz | and livetv doesnt work | 06:40 |
| superm1 | orificium, it is started by /usr/share/mythbuntu/session.sh | 06:40 |
| superm1 | bllz, well if you followed that to the word, you overwrote /etc/lirc/lircd.conf i expect | 06:40 |
| bllz | superm1: actually, i added them at the end I think | 06:41 |
| bllz | let me double check | 06:41 |
| superm1 | what you need to do is take any conf file it was telling you to overwrite with, and place it in it's own file in /etc/lirc/ | 06:41 |
| superm1 | and then in /etc/lirc/lircd.conf add an include directive for that file | 06:41 |
| superm1 | similar to the one that's already there for mceusb normally | 06:41 |
| superm1 | if you did blow away your old conf file, you can get back to the old one by running dpkg-reconfigure lirc (or disabling/re-enabling the remote in MCC) | 06:42 |
| bllz | hmm yeah looks like I did accidentally overwite all those | 06:42 |
| superm1 | bllz, ^ | 06:42 |
| superm1 | then that explains the broken mceusb at least | 06:43 |
| bllz | yeah | 06:43 |
| bllz | so now all i have is the configuraton | 06:43 |
| bllz | do you happen to know what lines i need for windows mediac enter remote and blaster? | 06:43 |
| superm1 | once you fix things, can you please update that wiki page with the correct "current" content so that other people won't fall victim to the same type of problem | 06:43 |
| superm1 | jsut run that command like i said | 06:43 |
| superm1 | it will rebuild the lircd.conf | 06:43 |
| bllz | yeah i'll be sure to do that | 06:44 |
| bllz | thanks | 06:44 |
| superm1 | good luck | 06:44 |
| bllz | superm1: what do I do about this error message? | 06:49 |
| bllz | lircd: there seems to already be a lircd process with pid 2823 | 06:49 |
| bllz | lircd: otherwise delete stale lockfile /var/run/lirc/lircd1.pid | 06:49 |
| bllz | I just did dpkg-reconfigure | 06:49 |
| superm1 | check if there is really a stale process | 06:49 |
| superm1 | ps aux | grep lirc | 06:49 |
| superm1 | and if so, kill it and remove the pid file(s) | 06:49 |
| bllz | root 2817 0.0 0.0 20108 704 ? S<s 01:48 0:00 /usr/sbin/lircd --output=/var/run/lirc/lircd --device=/dev/lirc0 --listen | 06:49 |
| bllz | root 2823 0.0 0.0 22208 812 ? S<s 01:48 0:00 /usr/sbin/lircd --output=/var/run/lirc/lircd1 --device=/dev/lirc1 --connect=localhost 8765 --pidfile=/var/run/lirc/lircd1.pid | 06:50 |
| bllz | louist 2838 0.0 0.0 7336 888 pts/2 S+ 01:49 0:00 grep --color=auto lirc | 06:50 |
| orificium | -depth, -name? one of those maybe | 06:50 |
| bllz | i assume those are stale processes? | 06:50 |
| bllz | killall lirc? | 06:50 |
| bllz | superm1: do i have a stale process? I'm not sure how to tell | 06:51 |
| superm1 | bllz, sudo killall lircd should be sufficient | 06:52 |
| superm1 | and then rm those pid files and start lirc init script again | 06:52 |
| bllz | ok started cleanly | 06:54 |
| bllz | superm1: i still have that same faulty config file, even after the dpkg-reconfigure | 06:55 |
| superm1 | oh i should have clarified, you have to actually set it to "None" and then run it again and pick a remote | 06:55 |
| superm1 | it doesnt touch the config if nothing changed | 06:55 |
| superm1 | (in what you picked) | 06:55 |
| bllz | aah okay | 06:56 |
| bllz | makes sense | 06:56 |
| bllz | superm1: I just got a new message I've never seen before... | 06:57 |
| bllz | i'm going to pastebin | 06:57 |
| bllz | superm1: http://paste.ubuntu.com/340988/ | 06:58 |
| bllz | I have a USB device... so i'm not sure why this is showing up | 06:58 |
| superm1 | maybe what you picked necessitated it | 06:58 |
| bllz | i doubt it, i've never seen it before... | 06:59 |
| bllz | maybe i picked the worng option? | 06:59 |
| superm1 | you probably picked the serial remote | 06:59 |
| bllz | go figure | 06:59 |
| superm1 | or serial transmitter | 06:59 |
| bllz | that's what happened lol | 06:59 |
| bllz | sorry about that | 06:59 |
| bllz | okay | 07:00 |
| bllz | good. i have the include lines now | 07:00 |
| bllz | so you said I should make a whole new file and then just add an include line for it? | 07:00 |
| bllz | superm1, is that right? I make a whole new file with the codes for the blaster? | 07:01 |
| superm1 | bllz, that's the cleanest way to do it yeah | 07:04 |
| superm1 | that way if there is a problem, you can comment out that one line and make sure everything else is working | 07:04 |
| superm1 | or isolate the problem | 07:04 |
| bllz | maeks sense | 07:04 |
| bllz | i'm going to test it real quick at the terminal | 07:05 |
| bllz | crap it's not recognizing my remote when i irsend now... | 07:05 |
| bllz | superm1: should I pastebin both files? | 07:06 |
| bllz | oh maybe it's because I didn't restart lirc... | 07:06 |
| superm1 | it wont recognize a remote when you irsend | 07:06 |
| superm1 | that's what irw and ircat are for | 07:06 |
| superm1 | irsend sends commands via the blaster | 07:06 |
| bllz | yeah it's because I'm a perman00b and I didn't do /etc/init.d/lirc restart | 07:07 |
| bllz | ok so irsend works | 07:07 |
| bllz | superm1: my channel changing script works, but only as root... that's going to be a problem, right? | 07:08 |
| superm1 | bllz, generally that would be a problem, yes | 07:09 |
| superm1 | why does it need root? | 07:09 |
| superm1 | i think you just need to add an argument for the device maybe | 07:09 |
| bllz | i don't think so | 07:10 |
| bllz | the device is included in the script | 07:10 |
| bllz | so sudo /usr/bin/change-channel.sh 11 works | 07:10 |
| bllz | but it doesn't work without the sudo... | 07:10 |
| bllz | even though i did chmod 770 | 07:10 |
| bllz | superm1: I get /bin/sh: can't open /usr/bin/change-channel.sh | 07:11 |
| superm1 | well for starters, don't store it in /usr/bin | 07:11 |
| superm1 | put it in /usr/local/bin | 07:11 |
| superm1 | /usr/bin is for packaged stuff | 07:12 |
| bllz | superm1: the wiki told me I should put it in /usr/bin | 07:12 |
| superm1 | /usr/local/bin is for stuff you add yourself | 07:12 |
| superm1 | (then the wiki is wrong ;)) | 07:12 |
| superm1 | it will work in /usr/bin, but that's just a really bad habit to get into | 07:12 |
| bllz | wouldn't be the first time =) | 07:12 |
| bllz | okay | 07:12 |
| bllz | but it'll definitely work in /usr/local/bin too? | 07:12 |
| superm1 | yes | 07:12 |
| bllz | so shall I just sudo cp it? | 07:12 |
| superm1 | i saw a python script on that page, are you sure this is supposed to be a shell script not a python? | 07:13 |
| bllz | yes, the python script is full of fail | 07:13 |
| bllz | i'm using the corrected lirc config that fires off zeros correctly | 07:13 |
| bllz | so i just need a basic channel change script | 07:13 |
| bllz | and this one seems to work | 07:13 |
| superm1 | okay well make sure that there is a shebang at the top of it | 07:13 |
| superm1 | #!/bin/sh | 07:13 |
| superm1 | or | 07:13 |
| superm1 | #!/bin/bash | 07:13 |
| bllz | aah right... i think it's there... | 07:13 |
| bllz | does it matter which one? | 07:14 |
| superm1 | well if it only works with bash, it has to be the second one | 07:14 |
| bllz | it's got the first one | 07:14 |
| superm1 | if it works with dash (the default sh), then the first is fine | 07:14 |
| bllz | will the second one work in both condiditons? | 07:14 |
| bllz | because if so, i'll just add that | 07:14 |
| superm1 | so you do realize what chmod 770 did right? | 07:14 |
| superm1 | only root:root can read, write or execute the file | 07:15 |
| bllz | user, group, others, right? | 07:15 |
| bllz | oh | 07:15 |
| superm1 | you wanted 775 | 07:15 |
| bllz | oooh | 07:15 |
| bllz | crap | 07:15 |
| bllz | taht's the problem | 07:15 |
| bllz | i just want my user and my user's group to run it | 07:15 |
| superm1 | then you can 770 it, but dont forget to chown it | 07:16 |
| superm1 | keep in mind it's usually the backend that runs it | 07:16 |
| bllz | right right, duh okay | 07:16 |
| bllz | lol | 07:16 |
| bllz | so you think 775 is best? | 07:16 |
| superm1 | yes | 07:16 |
| bllz | 5 is read but no write? | 07:16 |
| superm1 | 5 is read and execute | 07:16 |
| bllz | aah okay | 07:16 |
| bllz | fixed | 07:16 |
| bllz | okay | 07:17 |
| bllz | so irsend works | 07:17 |
| bllz | script works | 07:17 |
| superm1 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_system_permissions explains it more in depth | 07:17 |
| bllz | aah thanks, i'll be sure to read that | 07:17 |
| bllz | so i guess it's backend time | 07:17 |
| bllz | superm1: just to be clear (because I think the wiki has this wrong too) the script goes under Input connections? | 07:19 |
| superm1 | i'm not sure if the location has moved in current versions | 07:19 |
| bllz | also, do i need the full path to the script? /usr/bin/change-channel.sh | 07:19 |
| superm1 | /usr/local/bin should be in your $PATH, so i dont believe so | 07:20 |
| bllz | okay, but it's the "external channel change command" right? | 07:20 |
| superm1 | yeah that's right | 07:20 |
| bllz | what do you mean by /usr/local/bin should be in my $path? | 07:20 |
| bllz | also it's still in /usr/bin/ | 07:20 |
| bllz | superm1: if I put the full path, that shouldn't hurt anything though, right? | 07:21 |
| superm1 | no reason it should | 07:22 |
| bllz | ok i'll just do that then | 07:22 |
| bllz | superm1: out of curiosity, if I were to do a sudo cp command to copy that script into /usr/local/bin ... would the file permissions carry as well? I would think so... | 07:23 |
| superm1 | they should | 07:24 |
| bllz | superm1: okay the remote still isn't working... | 07:25 |
| superm1 | in irw? | 07:25 |
| === jose is now known as Shadow__X | ||
| bllz | superm1: right... i'll check now. in the meantime the channels are changin (vnc + keyboard), so I'll consider this a hell of a win =) | 07:26 |
| Zinn | bllz: Please watch your language. | 07:26 |
| bllz | let's try irw | 07:26 |
| bllz | lolumad, Zinn? | 07:26 |
| bllz | working in irw | 07:27 |
| bllz | superm1: what could be the problem, then? bad lircd.conf? | 07:28 |
| superm1 | if it works in irw, then your conf files for your user probably just need to be regenerated | 07:28 |
| superm1 | mythbuntu-lirc-generator on command line, or there is a check box in mcc | 07:28 |
| bllz | how do I do that? | 07:28 |
| bllz | superm1: generate dynamic buttons? | 07:29 |
| superm1 | yup | 07:29 |
| bllz | superm1: okay. restart lirc? | 07:29 |
| superm1 | after it's done, just restart your mythfrontend process | 07:29 |
| bllz | superm1... I love ou | 07:30 |
| bllz | *you | 07:30 |
| superm1 | sweet. now just show the love and update the wiki page :) | 07:30 |
| bllz | superm1: i certainly will. | 07:31 |
| bllz | just one more thing | 07:31 |
| bllz | Is it possible to change the output from my remote? | 07:31 |
| superm1 | output? | 07:31 |
| bllz | because i"d like to be able to control my tv's volume | 07:31 |
| superm1 | oh like remapping the volume button on the remote | 07:31 |
| bllz | yeah | 07:31 |
| bllz | it's a phillips mce remote | 07:31 |
| superm1 | some mceusb2 remotes support that, you have to look in the manual | 07:31 |
| bllz | oka | 07:31 |
| bllz | well actually | 07:32 |
| bllz | now that I think of it | 07:32 |
| superm1 | i've got 4 mceusb2's myself, but only 2 support it | 07:32 |
| bllz | the volume function in myth seems to do nothing | 07:32 |
| superm1 | you can also map the tv power button on the remote too | 07:32 |
| bllz | like i see the volume slider go down... but no change in volume | 07:32 |
| superm1 | if you're using SP/DIF or optical audio, that's normal | 07:32 |
| bllz | aah i'm using composite/headphone-jack-looking-plug | 07:33 |
| bllz | the composite end of the cable goes into the tv | 07:33 |
| bllz | and the headphone-jack-looking-end goes into my sound card | 07:33 |
| superm1 | well those types of jacks are analog audio generally | 07:34 |
| superm1 | so you might just need to adjust which mixer in general settings the volume button controls | 07:34 |
| bllz | where is all that? | 07:35 |
| superm1 | general settings | 07:35 |
| superm1 | settings->general i think | 07:35 |
| bllz | hmm i don't see that | 07:36 |
| bllz | when i go to multimedia>mixer i get an error "gstreamer was unable to detect any sound devices" | 07:37 |
| superm1 | in mythfrontend | 07:38 |
| superm1 | Utilities/Setup | 07:38 |
| superm1 | followed by Setup | 07:38 |
| superm1 | followed by General | 07:38 |
| bllz | ooh of course | 07:38 |
| bllz | superm1: it's on alsa:default right now | 07:39 |
| bllz | passthrough output device: default | 07:39 |
| superm1 | there is actually a drop down option on the next page | 07:39 |
| superm1 | for which mixer it controls | 07:39 |
| bllz | mixer device and mxer controls? | 07:39 |
| bllz | superm1: i'm not sure which one to cahnge | 07:42 |
| bllz | *change, even | 07:43 |
| superm1 | mixer controls | 07:43 |
| bllz | superm1: I changed it to master, but still nothing | 07:43 |
| superm1 | well your sound card might have a non standard title for the mixer that it needs to change | 07:44 |
| superm1 | in which case i'd recommend if you can map that remote's button directly to the tv vol+/-, that's the way to go | 07:44 |
| bllz | it's integrated audio actually | 07:44 |
| bllz | superm1: also, how can i tell if my remote is reprogrammable? | 07:45 |
| superm1 | look in the manual for it | 07:45 |
| bllz | ah, i don't think i have it anymore | 07:45 |
| bllz | somthing tells me it's not anyway | 07:45 |
| superm1 | well try it anyway http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MCE_Remote#Programmable_Buttons | 07:46 |
| bllz | superm1: could the audio output device be JACK:output? | 07:47 |
| superm1 | no | 07:47 |
| bllz | so it's definitely mixer device or mixer controls? | 07:47 |
| superm1 | its mixer controls | 07:47 |
| bllz | oh. i tried both pcm and master | 07:47 |
| superm1 | you can try opening up alsamixer and messing with the other mixers there to find the one it is | 07:47 |
| superm1 | but if it's not PCM or master, myth doesnt support it being the mixer it can change | 07:48 |
| bllz | oh | 07:48 |
| bllz | damn | 07:48 |
| Zinn | bllz: Please watch your language. | 07:48 |
| bllz | superm1: well i don't think my remote is programmable... | 07:51 |
| bllz | which is a pain... | 07:52 |
| superm1 | can always pick up a universal remote and use that | 07:53 |
| MistStlkr | hello all. I have a theming question if anyone has any experience with it. I am tinkering with the Muthbuntu theme in Karmic. I decided to start with the video info popup and figured out almost all of it,. but I can't seem to change the text colors. I tried changing it both inline the video-ui file and by making a new "base type" by copy/pasting the basetextarea and using basesmallpurple as the font rather than basesmall | 07:53 |
| bllz | superm1: one last question... how do i select a show to watch in the guide? I can only seem to bring up the record menu | 07:54 |
| superm1 | there's an option somewhere in the menus to change that behavior | 07:54 |
| superm1 | probably somewhere under program guide | 07:55 |
| superm1 | it actually might have been renamed in 0.22 | 07:57 |
| superm1 | look for "browse/change channels from channel group" | 07:57 |
| superm1 | i think that's what changes it | 07:57 |
| bllz | superm1: another question... what happened to all the 4:3 themes/ | 08:02 |
| superm1 | there's still some available, they might not be installed or activated by default though | 08:03 |
| superm1 | most TVs and laptops are moving to 16:9 | 08:03 |
| bllz | supem1: how can I install/activate them? | 08:03 |
| bllz | superm1: yeah i realize that, but i'm still stuck with a 4:3 | 08:03 |
| superm1 | look in mcc to see if all the themes are checked | 08:04 |
| bllz | they are | 08:04 |
| superm1 | once they are all checked look in mythfrontend's appearance section | 08:04 |
| bllz | there's only one 4:3 theme and it's horrid | 08:04 |
| superm1 | well get cracking on a new 4:3 theme then ;) | 08:04 |
| superm1 | a lot of the old themes, the original developers didnt port them to 0.22 | 08:05 |
| bllz | superm1: oh,t hat's a shame. there's no extra package i can install or anything? | 08:05 |
| superm1 | everything upstream supports is in mcc | 08:06 |
| superm1 | if you want to run an old theme, you have to go fetch it from svn and save it to ~/.mythtv manually | 08:06 |
| superm1 | and it may break in a lot of areas | 08:06 |
| bllz | yeah forget it then | 08:06 |
| bllz | i'll live with the mild distortion | 08:06 |
| superm1 | really the mythbuntu theme doesn't look horrible at 4:3 | 08:07 |
| superm1 | i've ran it in VMs for test env's | 08:07 |
| MistStlkr | metallurgy looks decent in 4:3, if a bit small | 08:07 |
| MistStlkr | 30" old-school tv the images in the gallery are pretty small, other than that it works well enough | 08:08 |
| bllz | yeah it's acceptable, it just kind of sucks for pictures | 08:08 |
| MistStlkr | haven't gotten around to playing with the photo side of things.. didn't know that | 08:08 |
| superm1 | sounds like it's time to go buy a new TV if you ask me ;) | 08:08 |
| MistStlkr | sure.. YOU try to tell that to the wife :-p :-P | 08:09 |
| superm1 | sometimes it's nice being a single guy. SO much more disposable income than while attached ;) | 08:09 |
| MistStlkr | LOL she makes more than I do... LOL just means she gets more control over it LOL LOL | 08:10 |
| MistStlkr | but yeah.. I keep getting the "there's nothing wrong with the old one" line lOL | 08:12 |
| MistStlkr | so i get to live with the black bars above and below the movies, but it's not unbearable | 08:13 |
| superm1 | well what you need to do is just go buy a new one, and while she's out set it up | 08:13 |
| superm1 | and then when she starts raising a storm, insist that she sits down and watches one movie on it | 08:13 |
| superm1 | then see whether she wants to take it back still | 08:14 |
| MistStlkr | LOL. mayhap I will :-D | 08:14 |
| MistStlkr | boxing day is sure creeping up on us LOL | 08:14 |
| superm1 | then the next thing you gotta do is the same thing with the bluray player | 08:14 |
| superm1 | go buy a movie that comes with a 2 disc bonus (one bluray, one dvd) and show her the difference | 08:14 |
| bllz | superm1: i have comcast, is there any way to controll that with my irblaster? | 08:15 |
| superm1 | control what? | 08:16 |
| bllz | oh sorry lol | 08:17 |
| bllz | i omitted the most important part | 08:17 |
| bllz | On-demand | 08:17 |
| bllz | i can get to the menu via channel 0 | 08:17 |
| superm1 | easily, probably not | 08:18 |
| bllz | superm1: does the new video manager distinguish between TV shows and movies? | 08:22 |
| bllz | in other words, is there a way to separate the two when I"m browsing? | 08:22 |
| bllz | or does that script to include downloaded shows as recordings still work? | 08:23 |
| superm1 | as much as i'd like to say i'm an endless source of information, i'm not sure on a lot of these details | 08:23 |
| superm1 | you're probably better off in #mythtv-users for the non ubuntu specific pieces | 08:23 |
| bllz | aah okay | 08:24 |
| bllz | thanks so much for your help | 08:24 |
| MistStlkr | I don't suppose you know of a chan dedicated to themers?? | 08:24 |
| bllz | MistStlkr: if only... | 08:25 |
| bllz | i'd just be happy if the default theme got ported to 4:3 | 08:25 |
| superm1 | MistStlkr, there is actually | 08:26 |
| superm1 | #mythtv-theming i think | 08:26 |
| superm1 | bllz, good luck | 08:27 |
| MistStlkr | indeed there is such a chan. Outstanding! thanks | 08:28 |
| MistStlkr | it would have been terribly hard to guess LOL | 08:28 |
| MistStlkr | any idea why some TV shows in the video gallery show the episode name while others only show the series name, despite identical filename formatting? | 09:05 |
| henrik__ | I have a problem with the screen, I'm on a LCD 1080P screen, ubuntu is configured for 1080P in the background, and when checking the resolution on the tv it states 1080P 60Hz stereo. But the mythtv front-end application is moving a bit all the time. all of the suddenly I can not se the time in the bottom or parts om the movie is cut away. I then in settings choose screen and reconfigured my screen however this has resulted in that I hav | 11:08 |
| henrik__ | e about 4 inch part of my screen to the right that is completely black (unused). It seem like mythtv thinks my screen is smaller then it realy is. How do I reconfigure mythtv to use my whole screen? Btw this was not a problem in .21. | 11:08 |
| pol299 | hi | 13:45 |
| pol299 | !help | 13:47 |
| Zinn | !help For a complete list of my knowledge visit: http://www.baablogic.net/Zinn.cgi Other available commands: !status, !about, !bug [bug_number]. | 13:47 |
| pol299 | !status | 13:48 |
| Zinn | I am alive. | 13:48 |
| pol299 | Does anyone know how can I contact with developers Mythuntu? | 13:50 |
| wilberfan | I get the following error whether my LIRC daemon socket is "/dev/lircd" or "/var/run/lirc/lircd": | 16:42 |
| wilberfan | LIRC, Error: Failed to connect to Unix socket '/dev/lircd' | 16:42 |
| wilberfan | eno: No such file or directory | 16:42 |
| chris| | I remember reading somewhere that there is a common problem when the frontend doesn't start up on login after an update | 17:38 |
| chris| | is there a solition to that jet? | 17:39 |
| rhpot1991 | !autologin | chris| | 18:19 |
| Zinn | chris|: If 9.10 upgrade broke auto-login for you, please see https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/463314 | 18:19 |
| chris| | rhpot1991, that's not it, autologin works fine, it's the myth frontend that won't start automaticly | 18:33 |
| javatexan | this is hilarious!!!! I hate support from company run open source projects | 18:47 |
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| javatexan | I am trying to help the chrome guys and they are getting defensive instead of doing their job....sheeeessh. I guess they want me to find the lines of code for them and say THIS no worky.....LOL | 18:49 |
| javatexan | all I can tell as a user is behavior and symptoms... | 18:50 |
| javatexan | duh | 18:50 |
| javatexan | you know...."when I do this it hurts" | 18:50 |
| javatexan | LOL | 18:51 |
| superm1 | chris|, check ~/.xsession-errors for problems about it and /var/log/mythtv/mythfrontend.log | 18:52 |
| superm1 | and of course make sure that it's mentioned in ~./config/autostart | 18:52 |
| henrik__ | superm1 did you se my question above? | 19:27 |
| superm1 | no? | 19:27 |
| henrik__ | 8h ago.. I | 19:28 |
| henrik__ | <henrik__> I have a problem with the screen, I'm on a LCD 1080P screen, ubuntu is configured for 1080P in the background, and when checking the resolution on the tv it states 1080P 60Hz stereo. But the mythtv front-end application is moving a bit all the time. all of the suddenly I can not se the time in the bottom or parts om the movie is cut away. I then in settings choose screen and reconfigured my screen however this has resulted in | 19:28 |
| henrik__ | that I hav | 19:28 |
| henrik__ | <henrik__> e about 4 inch part of my screen to the right that is completely black (unused). It seem like mythtv thinks my screen is smaller then it realy is. How do I reconfigure mythtv to use my whole screen? Btw this was not a problem in .21. | 19:28 |
| superm1 | it sounds like overscan | 19:29 |
| superm1 | go into your tv settings menu and look for a section bout aspect ratio | 19:30 |
| superm1 | and you should be able to set it to "exact" | 19:30 |
| superm1 | rather than 16/9 | 19:30 |
| superm1 | but if it's really only happening in myth, then you have some bad setting in your appearance section that you'll have to find | 19:31 |
| superm1 | it sounds like something that should happen to the entire system | 19:31 |
| henrik__ | it is only happening to myth, and it is happening in the whole program | 19:31 |
| henrik__ | all applications in myth | 19:31 |
| superm1 | then you might not have enough vram | 19:31 |
| superm1 | turn it back to QT rather than opengl | 19:31 |
| superm1 | see if it goes away | 19:31 |
| henrik__ | how much is required? | 19:32 |
| henrik__ | I | 19:32 |
| superm1 | that depends on what other applications are using vram and a variety of other circumstances | 19:32 |
| superm1 | there is no exact number | 19:32 |
| henrik__ | I've got a Nvidia 210 I think it's called with 256 mb ram but i think I can add reqular ram | 19:32 |
| henrik__ | but after a reboot it continues | 19:33 |
| henrik__ | to have the same problem | 19:33 |
| superm1 | well did switching to QT help? | 19:33 |
| henrik__ | No, but I found something else intresting, in appearance section it a screen size setting that was not correct | 19:38 |
| henrik__ | But if I change it to 1920x1080 should not work either cause it is set on over scan right? | 19:39 |
| henrik__ | so that I wont se the top menu.. | 19:39 |
| henrik__ | do you know what I shoud set the screen size to? | 19:39 |
| superm1 | i really dunno | 19:46 |
| superm1 | i've never had a problem like this happen to me | 19:46 |
| henrik__ | okej. thx! | 19:47 |
| henrik__ | got it! by setting the screen size in appearance to 1842x1032 and horizontal positioning 38, vertical positioning 26 did it! | 19:55 |
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| cba123 | Did anyone else's mplayer vdpau break after a recent update? | 23:06 |
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