| gslauen | hey all | 00:47 |
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| gslauen | i have 2 mythtv backends. I changed one machine to no frontend so I could log into the other machine and now I can not log back into the 1st machine. | 00:49 |
| gslauen | Both machines are full frontend backends | 00:51 |
| cjtinant1 | New Mythbuntu 9.10 install --> unable to watch live tv | 03:28 |
| cjtinant1 | http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com/f743e77f5 | 03:31 |
| cjtinant1 | Any Help would be much appreciated | 03:31 |
| darthanubis | !details | 03:33 |
| Zinn | Sorry I don't know about details | 03:33 |
| darthanubis | ugh | 03:33 |
| cjtinant1 | Zinn: can you help? been wrecking my head on this one... | 03:35 |
| MistStlkr | you'll have to be a bit more specific to get help from Zinn I think :-P | 03:36 |
| cjtinant1 | Thanks.... | 03:38 |
| MistStlkr | sorry. Pretty sure Zinn is a bot. And I don't know the answer... so I'm not much use | 03:39 |
| cjtinant1 | I select "Watch TV" from menu.... Get Black Screen with message "Please Wait"... Then "Watch TV" closes and am at the Menu Guide... | 03:39 |
| cjtinant1 | who is the moderator tonight? | 03:40 |
| cjtinant1 | *foxbuntu, superm1, rhpot1991???? | 03:40 |
| MistStlkr | not 100%, superm1 perhaps? sorry | 03:41 |
| cjtinant1 | thanks MistStlkr | 03:41 |
| darthanubis | there is no Mod | 03:41 |
| darthanubis | and you will have to be much more specific period | 03:41 |
| cjtinant1 | darthanubis: not sure what you mean by being more specific.... | 03:42 |
| iamlindoro | cjtinant1, What you are seeing is symptomatic of a general recording issue for most people | 03:42 |
| iamlindoro | cjtinant1, which means you want to read the backend logs | 03:42 |
| iamlindoro | /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log | 03:42 |
| cjtinant1 | http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com/f743e77f5 | 03:42 |
| iamlindoro | most of the recording-related errors are plain-english | 03:42 |
| cjtinant1 | Live TV wont start... | 03:43 |
| iamlindoro | cjtinant1, That's just a tail of your backend log, not the part that actually shows the error | 03:43 |
| iamlindoro | cjtinant1, pastebin a lot more of the backend log | 03:43 |
| iamlindoro | cjtinant1, tentatively I'll guess a capture card setup issue or a storage dir permissions error | 03:44 |
| iamlindoro | please also mention what kind of capture device you are trying to use | 03:44 |
| cjtinant1 | You are CORRECT.... but dont know how to fix.... | 03:45 |
| cjtinant1 | http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com/m5345ca30 | 03:45 |
| cjtinant1 | PVR500 (2) | 03:45 |
| iamlindoro | cjtinant1, okay, your problem is you have set them up as V4L card type | 03:45 |
| iamlindoro | and they're not | 03:45 |
| iamlindoro | PVR-500 is ivtv/MPEG-2 encoder card types | 03:46 |
| iamlindoro | so go back to mythtv-setup and in the capture card setup, modify the cards you have created and change the type to ivtv/MPEG-2 | 03:46 |
| cjtinant1 | Ahhhhh thanks... | 03:51 |
| cjtinant1 | Made changes and still is hanging... Need to reboot? | 03:51 |
| iamlindoro | no, need to restart the backend and see the new logs | 03:52 |
| iamlindoro | Also, please don't cut out bits and pieces of the log | 03:53 |
| cjtinant1 | nknown video codec. Please go into the TV Settings, Recording Profiles and setup the four 'Software Encoders' profiles. | 03:53 |
| cjtinant1 | sorry.... jsut went to the most recent activity | 03:53 |
| iamlindoro | That means you are still set up as v4l card type | 03:53 |
| iamlindoro | if you are seeing the above | 03:53 |
| cjtinant1 | Complete Log file: http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com/m57f0a8 | 03:54 |
| iamlindoro | cjtinant1, You ahve not successfully changed your cards to ivtv type | 03:54 |
| iamlindoro | The fact that it mentions software encoders means at least one card (the one it's trying to use for liveTV) is still set up as v4l | 03:55 |
| cjtinant1 | I just reconfirmed in Mythbackend Setup.... all "4 tuners" are showing as MJPEG | 03:56 |
| iamlindoro | MJPEG isn't ivtv/MPEG-2 :) | 03:56 |
| iamlindoro | notice the extra j | 03:56 |
| cjtinant1 | So use the IVTV for ALL cards? | 03:57 |
| iamlindoro | yes | 03:57 |
| cjtinant1 | arrrrr.... will try again... Thanks for being patient | 03:57 |
| iamlindoro | np | 03:58 |
| cjtinant1 | ok... Video is streaming, but is not that great (seems a bit blurred - not crisp) ... Also, no sound | 04:02 |
| iamlindoro | You are probably using default resolution and bitrate, you should read about and edit recording profiles | 04:02 |
| iamlindoro | and switch the recording resolution to 720x480 (it is probably 480x480 right now) | 04:03 |
| cjtinant1 | I have a 9600 Nvidia card connected to a 37 in plasma via DVI to HDMI cable.... can it go to 1080p resolution? | 04:04 |
| iamlindoro | you can display that resolution, but your capture card is only capable of 720x480 | 04:05 |
| cjtinant1 | Ahh, would need HD Homerun or something comparable | 04:05 |
| cjtinant1 | ? | 04:05 |
| iamlindoro | That would record Clear QAM channels, so yes, that would include (if unencrypted) the ability to record 1080i | 04:06 |
| cjtinant1 | Thanks.... also, to get audio; what profile should I use? have a stereo cable connected to audio port that splits to coax (red/white) - which connects to TV | 04:07 |
| iamlindoro | Audio should already be in there | 04:07 |
| iamlindoro | in fact, it probably is | 04:07 |
| iamlindoro | it's more likely your audio settings in Myth aren't correct (ie, the output settings) | 04:07 |
| cjtinant1 | Output settings (MCC)? | 04:08 |
| iamlindoro | No, General settings in mythfrontend | 04:08 |
| iamlindoro | Utilities/Setup->Setup->General | 04:08 |
| cjtinant1 | K---> what should I use for that (setting) | 04:08 |
| cjtinant1 | ALSU (I think) | 04:08 |
| iamlindoro | Whatever is right for your setup :) | 04:08 |
| iamlindoro | Any answer I gave you would be a guess | 04:08 |
| cjtinant1 | Thanks.... will need to mess with that then... | 04:09 |
| cjtinant1 | Thanks SOOO much!!! Now I can finalize this.... | 04:09 |
| iamlindoro | np | 04:09 |
| papertigers | can anyone point me in the direction of setting up a mythbuntu diskless system | 05:05 |
| MistStlkr | OHH! I know that one! Y0ou can't at the moment. The fix is in the works. It broke some time in the last couple of updates | 05:27 |
| MistStlkr | papertigers: ddempsey3 is working on remaking the diskless image creation | 05:38 |
| MistStlkr | it apparently broke a couple updates back | 05:38 |
| papertigers | MistStlkr: oh okay, I was wondering what happened to it. I remembered seeing it and I just went to use it for the first time and its gone | 05:38 |
| MistStlkr | they were discussing it last night.. it's in the works. | 05:39 |
| MistStlkr | they = (ddempsey3 and iamlindoro) if you wanted to follow up and see if there is any sort of timeline.. I have to run, cheers | 05:40 |
| iamlindoro | not me, not a MythBuntu honcho | 05:40 |
| MistStlkr | you and ddempsey were discussing it, thought maybe you might know more.. sorry to mislead. *gone for real this time* | 05:41 |
| rhpot1991 | MistStlkr: papertigers: I believe the MCC plugin is just missing, if you follow the old directions and do the process with the command line it *should* still work | 05:42 |
| papertigers | rhpot1991: where could i find that | 05:43 |
| MistStlkr | back, and I should correct myself, it was superm1, not iamlindoro that I meant to refer you to. | 06:32 |
| Gumby | hi all. has anyone had an issue when the guide is completely black in the latest mythbuntu? | 07:56 |
| hipitihop | what is the correct way to run an arbitrary script as root after reboot ? | 14:08 |
| wsuetholz | quit | 17:42 |
| cjtinant | performing a fresh install of 9.10.... Have a question about partitioning. | 17:56 |
| cjtinant | BACKEND Server: Have an 80gb drive (OS) and a 640gb drive (Recordings).... With the extra space on OS drive, would it be wise to set a /db_backups partition (50gb) or set the backup directory on the Recording drive? | 17:57 |
| cjtinant | RECORDING DRIVE: partition as JFS or XFS? | 18:01 |
| cjtinant | OS DRIVE: Ext4 or Ext3? | 18:01 |
| cjtinant | Read somewhere that the "new" partitions were recommended - would like a second option.... | 18:02 |
| cjtinant | At Partition now so imput would be nice... | 18:02 |
| cjtinant | BACKEND Server: Have an 80gb drive (OS) and a 640gb drive (Recordings).... With the extra space on OS drive, would it be wise to set a /db_backups partition (50gb) or set the backup directory on the Recording drive? | 18:08 |
| rhpot1991 | cjtinant: ext4 across the board, is the default anymore | 18:11 |
| cjtinant | rhpot1991: JFS for data storage? | 18:11 |
| rhpot1991 | data storage = recordings? | 18:11 |
| cjtinant | yes | 18:11 |
| rhpot1991 | ext4 that too | 18:12 |
| cjtinant | seperate drive | 18:12 |
| cjtinant | ok..... Partitioning: Backup directory on 80gb drive or Recording drive? | 18:12 |
| rhpot1991 | you should be fine doing db backups on the main partition if its 80gb | 18:12 |
| rhpot1991 | you should never fill that up | 18:12 |
| rhpot1991 | if you want to be safe you can put that on the recording drive just to keep it away, shouldn't matter though | 18:13 |
| cjtinant | Didnt think so, just thought it would be a waist to not use some of the extra space. | 18:13 |
| cjtinant | OK, so the only way it would be lost is if the drive crashes. | 18:13 |
| cjtinant | I have 4gb RAM..... Any 64bit OS? | 18:14 |
| rhpot1991 | ya we have 64bit mythbuntu | 18:14 |
| rhpot1991 | or you can use ubuntu and add mythtv to it | 18:14 |
| cjtinant | didnt find the distro link to it.... only the 32bit from the website | 18:15 |
| cjtinant | will 32bit os support 4gb RAM? | 18:15 |
| rhpot1991 | don't think so | 18:16 |
| rhpot1991 | should limit it at 3.something | 18:16 |
| cjtinant | same as Windows | 18:16 |
| cjtinant | I assume | 18:16 |
| rhpot1991 | I think | 18:16 |
| rhpot1991 | not positive | 18:16 |
| cjtinant | OHHH, almost forgot.... use a SWAP file? 3gb or so? | 18:17 |
| rhpot1991 | "The size of your swap should be equal to twice your computer's physical RAM for up to 2 GB of physical RAM. For physical RAM above 2 GB, the size of your swap should be equal to the amount of physical RAM above 2 GB. The size of your swap should never less than 32 MB. " | 18:19 |
| cjtinant | Ok, THANKS! read a few threads where users were recommending NOT to use a Swap file for 4gb ram | 18:20 |
| cjtinant | That is of course the reason to ask. | 18:20 |
| rhpot1991 | ya you could go without one | 18:21 |
| rhpot1991 | but it doesn't hurt | 18:21 |
| cjtinant | k.... Thanks so much for taking the time to answer teh questions. | 18:21 |
| rhpot1991 | no problem | 18:21 |
| cjtinant | gonna install now | 18:21 |
| rhpot1991 | good luck | 18:21 |
| cjtinant | :-/ | 18:21 |
| cjtinant | Found the ISO for 64 bit.... Says AMD; assume it will not work on intel/ | 18:27 |
| rhpot1991 | cjtinant: it will | 18:27 |
| rhpot1991 | amd made 64bit first, so they get the glory | 18:27 |
| rhpot1991 | cjtinant: http://mythbuntu.org/downloads | 18:28 |
| rhpot1991 | is where you want to go | 18:28 |
| cjtinant | IC.... Would it be wise to go 64bit to gain the loss of RAM? concerned with compatibility issues (harware/software) | 18:28 |
| rhpot1991 | you should be fine | 18:29 |
| rhpot1991 | a lot of people run 64bit | 18:29 |
| cjtinant | K... halting the installl for the 64bit.... thanks again. | 18:29 |
| rhpot1991 | if your hardware can handle it I'd run it | 18:29 |
| cjtinant | right on.... it aint windows;-) | 18:29 |
| cjtinant | One last question that has plagued my mind.... Needing another tuner card here soon... | 18:31 |
| cjtinant | HD HOMERUN, Fusion HDTV7 Dual Express, or the pcHDTV HD-5500 | 18:33 |
| cjtinant | replacing old PVR500s.... WANTING crisp, fast, reliable cards.... Using Cable TV Premium pkg | 18:34 |
| rhpot1991 | I have a HDHR and love it | 18:34 |
| rhpot1991 | only gonna get you clear QAM | 18:35 |
| cjtinant | I just put 2 in today... . needing another 2 tuners... | 18:35 |
| rhpot1991 | unless your cable is doing the conversion now then your analog stations are prob available but may go away | 18:35 |
| rhpot1991 | HDHR is a dual tuner too (they make a single too, but thats silly) | 18:35 |
| cjtinant | so clear QAM will only capture upper channels.... not the local stations. | 18:35 |
| rhpot1991 | generally it will be your locals in HD | 18:36 |
| cjtinant | Meant, have 2 HD-5500 | 18:36 |
| rhpot1991 | http://www.silicondust.com/hdhomerun/channels_us | 18:36 |
| rhpot1991 | plug your zip into that | 18:36 |
| cjtinant | I dont follow.... sorry, will NOT get the upper channels, just basic cable? | 18:37 |
| cjtinant | oops: No channel information known for US:57702 (from link) | 18:38 |
| cjtinant | What if I connected a STB into it and bought CommandIR II | 18:39 |
| cjtinant | should run from IP? | 18:40 |
| cjtinant | Will I get all the channels then? sorry, not very clear with this stuff - learning. | 18:40 |
| rhpot1991 | ... | 18:47 |
| cannonfodder | help, I broke my lirc in the upgrade process from 8.10 to 9.10 :(. I changed two variable...the os version and the remote. I have a directv remote pretending to be a Microsoft windows media center remote and I have a serial IR receiver on my mythbuntu box. In the control center, I set it to the windows media center which assumes a usb, so I went to hardware.conf and changed from lirc_usbblah to | 19:19 |
| cannonfodder | lirc_serial, I restarted lirc and tried irw and nothin...so I am not sure if the serial parts not working or the fake windows media part | 19:19 |
| cannonfodder | the serial receiver is a homebrew type that I got from IRblaster.com | 19:20 |
| jquintana | Can someone suggest a mobo with HDMI output with either P4 or Sempron CPU support? | 20:25 |
| wsuetholz | Hello, can I take one of my tuners on my backend server and dedicate it to a particular diskless frontend? If so, how? Pointer to WIKI entry that I missed in my searches is fine. Thank you | 20:52 |
| iamlindoro | No, you cannot | 20:55 |
| wsuetholz | If I install the backend on the frontend in question, and add the tuner there, will that frontend use that tuner? I have HDHomeRun devices as my tuners.. | 21:07 |
| rhpot1991 | wsuetholz: it will use a tuner based on availability and priority | 21:22 |
| wsuetholz | I haven't noticed priority making any difference to live tv.. | 21:36 |
| wsuetholz | I have also on this front end noticed that on occasion, it picks a tuner that seems to be stuck on one frequency. I can see all the sub channels for that frequency, but I cannot tune to a different frequency. | 21:37 |
| wsuetholz | If I switch to a different tuner, things will work. The tuner in question seems to work ok for recording other channels.. | 21:38 |
| wsuetholz | BTW: I'm running Mythbuntu Karmic | 21:38 |
| mrguitar | anyone here from the flash conversation yesterday? | 21:56 |
| mrguitar | oh well. I removed the flash deb (forgot the package name) and grabbed the 10.2 beta. There are some noticeable improvements. Hulu programs like Family Guy look perfect. normal HD-ish stuff is still jerky but it's better. | 22:16 |
| mrguitar | Cheers | 22:16 |
| wsuetholz | How would I go about getting audio to output to both analog and digital at the same time? | 22:19 |
| wsuetholz | I have things currently configured with the HDMI volume control hack presently. | 22:20 |
| superm1 | mrguitar, great to hear | 22:29 |
| jac1d | Hi all. I am having a real problem getting the Nvidia driver to work on 9.10 32 bit when connected via HDMI to a Samsung 720p TV | 22:47 |
| jac1d | It just keeps starting in low graphics mode. I used nvidia-xconfig to try and generate a valid config and still just start in low graphics mode. Chipset is an onboard GeForce 9400 | 22:48 |
| cjtinant | Issues with installation --> NO SOUND (Video or TV), and RESOLUTION is terrible on TV not VIDEO. | 22:48 |
| cjtinant | Please help! | 22:48 |
| cjtinant | http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com/m40aed982 | 22:48 |
| cjtinant | 9.10 64bit / GF 9600 / On-board Sound | 22:50 |
| jac1d | cjtinant: Are you using HDMI? | 22:52 |
| cjtinant | jac1d: no, line-in connection (jack) | 22:57 |
| cjtinant | trying to "dig-up" information on this but to no avail.... arggg | 22:58 |
| cjtinant | bump... still no audio;-) | 23:02 |
| cjtinant | This may further help! http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com/m129f1668 | 23:09 |
| cjtinant | Possibly usefull? http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com/m262ecee4 | 23:26 |
| cjtinant | Issues with installation --> NO SOUND (Video or TV), and RESOLUTION is terrible on TV not VIDEO. | 23:26 |
| wsuetholz | jacld: After boot, can you run the nvidia-settings program? | 23:28 |
| wsuetholz | jacld: Is it able to properly detect your TV? Can you adjust the settings in there? | 23:29 |
| wsuetholz | jacld: I had to manually configure X for one of my displays, because the information about the display was not being told to the nvidia driver. | 23:30 |
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