[00:35] <rhpot1991> zuixro_: you could make a custom job which does all 3 as well, and not have the default transcode or commflag run
[00:37] <zuixro_> The script I have does commflagging (if it's not done already), I'm about to see if it transcodes with the right profile. It's recording something right now, so we'll see...
[00:58] <dwmcqueen> Hello - is there an easy fix for a "2010-03-21 16:05:27.647 DVBChan(1:/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0) Error: SetChannelByString(48): Failed to initialize multiplex options" error?
[00:58] <dwmcqueen> I am using ATI TV Wonder 600 USB...
[00:58] <dwmcqueen> I can watch channels on it after doing a scan and using vlc channels.conf
[00:59] <dwmcqueen> But Myth just won't turn thrchannels
[00:59] <dwmcqueen> Any thoughts?
[14:50] <jsec> Anybody home?
[14:53] <rhpot1991> !ask
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[14:55] <jsec> I'm looking for a cheap capture card that works well with mythtv. Anybody have any suggestions?
[14:55] <tgm4883> HDHomerun
[14:58] <directhex> depends on whether you want analog or digital, and where in the world you are
[14:59] <jsec> directhex, USA. Preferably digital, and preferably spending less than $200
[14:59] <tgm4883> HDHomerun
[14:59] <tgm4883> I think thats less than 200
[15:00] <jsec> tgm4883, I took a look at it, but I'm really only looking for a tuner/capture card for 1 PC, instead of looking to network all of them.
[15:01] <tgm4883> Well that does work for one PC, it just connects via ethernet
[15:01] <tgm4883> but fine
[15:01] <tgm4883> pcHDTV 5500
[15:02] <rhpot1991> HDHR
[15:04] <jsec> tgm4883, that seems to be what i'm looking for, in my price range too. thanks for the help.
[15:05] <rhpot1991> you can hook a HDHR directly into ethernet on a pc
[15:06] <jsec> rhpot1991, i just read something about the hdhr not being able to handle encrypted signals without additional cards?
[15:06] <rhpot1991> that is true for any card
[15:07] <rhpot1991> if you want encrypted you are gonna need a box from your cable company and something like the Hauppauge HD-PVR 1212
[15:08] <jsec> ok
[15:14] <jsec> thanks for the help e1
[16:29] <PipeManMusic> What are the chances of getting mythbuntu up and running on a celeron 666 with 256 meg of ram and a pvr-250?
[16:29] <PipeManMusic> It had an old version of knopmyth on it that seemed to run acceptable.
[16:30] <mrand> celeron 666?  Is that real?
[16:32] <PipeManMusic> mrand: What do mean?
[16:33] <mrand> I'd never heard of that processor.  But I see that it is indeed real.
[16:33] <PipeManMusic> I guess it's probably sold as a 667
[16:34] <PipeManMusic> I attempted to load mythbuntu on it last night.
[16:34] <PipeManMusic> Seemed to run all the way through the installer.
[16:34] <PipeManMusic> But when I woke up this morning it hadn't restarted itself.
[16:35] <PipeManMusic> The installer wasn't running either.
[16:35] <mrand> Appears they are a cross between a Pentium 2 and P3.
[16:35] <mrand> Sorry - what are you saying? The screen was blank?
[16:35] <PipeManMusic> No it was still running the live cd.
[16:36] <PipeManMusic> But the installer app was closed out of.
[16:37] <mrand> Anyway, unless there is a random incompatibility, I would expect it to install.  The question is if it has enough horsepower to run the application, read data off the disk, etc.  Video decoding might end up being a problem.   I guess it doesn't hurt to try if you've got it handy and are doing the install.
[16:38] <mrand> It would probably do better as just a friend end or just a backend.  Trying to have it do both might be too much.
[16:38] <mrand> friend-end = front-end.
[16:40] <PipeManMusic> I seemed to be working with knopmyth.
[16:40] <PipeManMusic> As far as playback goes.
[16:40] <PipeManMusic> I got it for free.
[16:40] <PipeManMusic> I'll keep tinkering with it.
[16:41] <PipeManMusic> At the very least I'll pick up a free CRT and set it up for my kids to play on.
[17:12] <Saviq> hi all, is it normal that mythbuntu resets my xorg.conf? I need to define custom modelines there but it gets overwritten upon boot?
[19:50] <tmkt> anyone noticed any issues playing AC3 files on lucid? all my dvd's that i ripped with handbrake that used to be 5.1 on previous mythbuntu all play dd 2.0 now
[19:50] <tmkt> mplayer/vlc no problems
[20:17] <tmkt> Max Audio Channels: Stereo (MUST BE SET TO STEREO as of 6/2/2009 for passthrough to work)
[20:17] <tmkt> is that the reason?
[20:30] <rhpot1991> been that way forever
[20:40] <balas> !help
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[20:40] <balas> does one usually use bluetooth for a HTPC setup ?
[20:53] <tgm4883> balas, no
[20:54] <mrand> balas: some people might have bluetooth keyboards or mice.   What were you planning to use it for?
[20:55] <rhpot1991> I used it for wiimotes before
[20:55] <rhpot1991> once upon a time
[20:55] <tmkt> dunno..with 22 i had 5.1 all the time
[20:56] <tmkt> only since moving to 0.23 or lucid..not sure which caused it.. my m4v/ac3 files don't play as 5.1
[20:56] <tmkt> so going to try that stereo thing tonight
[20:56] <tmkt> along wtih http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Configuring_Digital_Sound#How_do_I_get_5.1_AC3_audio_to_work_again.3F
[20:56] <Zinn> [www.mythtv.org] Configuring Digital Sound - MythTV
[20:59] <rhpot1991> tmkt: most likely mythtv was producing 5.1 sound and not passing through with your prior configuration
[21:00] <tmkt> just like the posts i've read about it..very counterintuitive
[21:01] <tmkt> that i need to set mythtv to stereo for my receiver to get 5.1
[21:01] <tmkt> can't hurt to try
[21:02] <tmkt> odd thing is that recordings are all happy, so i think it probably has more to do with that 2nd link and the iecset audio off setting
[21:02] <rhpot1991> tmkt: thats the way I've always done it, the stereo vs 5.1 doesn't mean anything if you are using passthrough
[21:04] <tmkt> so then making that change to 2.0 won't do anything, and i should focus on the iecset method
[21:04] <rhpot1991> I believe you *must* have it on stereo for passthrough to work
[21:05] <tmkt> ok
[21:05] <tmkt> thats what it seemed like in Allen's digital audio wiki
[21:06] <tmkt> guess just have to get home and giver a shot
[21:06] <tmkt> Go Train in 13 minutes
[21:10] <balas> mrand, i've no idea.  my dad has a spare box, and he has a hdtv, and i thought i'd connect it to one of his tv's.  i'm not sure how they are controlled, if not by wired keyboard
[21:12] <mrand> balas: there are a number of different wireless keyboards.  Bluetooth is one.  Wireless USB is another.   Depending on how you are using it, you may or may not need a keyboard (if you only use it for watching tv shows, you don't need it... if you use it to browse the web, then you likely do want one).
[21:14] <balas> mrand, thank you.  can mythbuntu do netflix ?
[21:15] <rhpot1991> managing your queue yes, playing streaming no
[21:15] <balas> ooh ok
[21:15] <mrand> ugggg.   0.22 (which is in 9.10) has a netflix plugin, but I believe that it wasn't being maintained so it was dropped in 0.23.
[21:15] <rhpot1991> you can only stream from drm laden OSs
[21:15] <mrand> but there is mythbrowser, and I assume you can queue via that.
[21:16] <rhpot1991> mrand: ya I was talking about the plugin, didn't know it went away
[21:16] <balas> how does one stream netflix from a windows computer and receive on mythbuntu ?
[21:16] <rhpot1991> it was kinda useless IMO
[21:16] <rhpot1991> balas: your question doesn't make sense
[21:16] <balas> you said stream via drm laden os's
[21:17] <rhpot1991> ah I meant to them, not from them
[21:17] <balas> ooh ok
[21:17] <rhpot1991> its windows, osx only
[21:17] <balas> well thank you all for your help
[21:17] <rhpot1991> you could in theory use a VM to play the streaming, I think I've heard of people doing that
[21:17] <rhpot1991> its generally easier to just get one of the players that has that built in and not bother with it
[21:18] <balas> well my dad only has a roku on one of his tv's so if i could get it on another tv without another roku box that'd be great
[21:19] <rhpot1991> you could use something like the hauppauge HD-PVR 1212 to record from the roku and stream it to mythfrontends around your house
[21:20] <rhpot1991> at that rate you might be better just getting another roku or a BR player though
[21:20] <mrand> that rhpot1991 is a crazy man!
[21:20] <mrand> :-)
[21:20] <rhpot1991> I have netflix and I don't stream either for the record
[21:21] <rhpot1991> discs do me good enough
[22:47] <Jay2k1> hello
[22:47] <tgm4883> !hi | Jay2k1
[22:47] <Zinn> Sorry I don't know about hi
[22:47] <tgm4883> !ask | Jay2k1
[22:47] <Zinn> Jay2k1: Please don't ask if anyone is around or if it is alright to ask a question.  Many people check back periodically and may answer your question when they see it.  IRC is not normally an instant fix so check back often for an answer.
[22:47] <Jay2k1> had a little problem this morning
[22:47] <tgm4883> !stab rhpot1991
[22:47]  * Zinn stabs rhpot1991 with a sharpened mce remote.
[22:47] <Spanner3003> hi i just updated to the latest mythtv 0.23 and now the frontend can't connect to the backend
[22:48] <tgm4883> !logs | Spanner3003
[22:48] <Zinn> Spanner3003: MythTV logs are stored in /var/log/mythtv/   You can use mythbuntu-log-grabber from the Applications menu to automatically post the most relevant logs to our pastebin.
[22:48] <Jay2k1> saw this on the tv: http://pub.jay2k1.com/screenshots/mythtv-backend-respawn-loop.png
[22:48] <Zinn> [pub.jay2k1.com]
[22:48] <Jay2k1> so i looked into the backend log
[22:48] <tgm4883> Jay2k1, yea that doesn't look so good
[22:49] <tgm4883> superm1, ^^
[22:49] <Jay2k1> saw this: http://mythtv.pastebin.ca/1851894
[22:49] <Jay2k1> so it appears the backend couldnt access the sql db
[22:49] <tgm4883> hmm
[22:49] <tgm4883> yea thats what it looks like to me too
[22:49] <Jay2k1> this the last bits repeated for a few hours until i noticed it
[22:50] <tgm4883> Jay2k1, is mysql started?
[22:50] <superm1> Jay2k1, that's during shutdown?
[22:50] <Jay2k1> so - having this in the mythBACKEND log means that the backend was already started so it could log right?
[22:50] <Jay2k1> no, boot
[22:50] <superm1> what's the backend log look like?
[22:50] <superm1> oh it's posted above, my  bad
[22:50] <Jay2k1> now the funny thing is, tehere's absolutely no entry in syslog or messages from that time (5:30)
[22:51] <superm1> so you dont have 0.23 according to that
[22:51] <Jay2k1> i thought when it booted up far enough to have the backend started, there should be something in syslog definitely (kernel logging...)
[22:51] <Jay2k1> true, 0.22-fixes
[22:51] <superm1> oh that was Spanner3003 who had 0.23 wasn't it
[22:51] <Spanner3003> ok this is my logs
[22:51] <Spanner3003> http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com/h53w43mW
[22:51] <superm1> okay so is mysql actually running?
[22:52] <Jay2k1> yeah, when i booted the machine the next time, everything was fine
[22:52] <superm1> Spanner3003, make sure your ip address is correct
[22:53] <Spanner3003> how?
[22:54] <Jay2k1> the machine powered off itself at 00:11. it woke up for a scheduled recording at 05:28 and got stuck as seen in the log and screenshot - i noticed it when i got up this morning, at about 8:30. i had no time to investigate, so i held the power button to switch it off. when i came from work at 21:30 (no comments please :P), i switched it on and it booted normally.
[22:54] <tgm4883> Spanner3003, what is the IP address of your backend?
[22:55] <Spanner3003> 192.168.0.5 just changed it to 4
[22:55] <tgm4883> Spanner3003, your frontend is trying to connect to 192.168.0.5, but it says that it's not there
[22:56] <tgm4883> so either the IP changed, or your backend isn't running
[22:56] <Spanner3003> the ip changed i check the network thank you it seems ok now
[22:57] <tgm4883> Spanner3003, your welcome
[22:59] <Jay2k1> superm1: i've seen a post of yours in this thread http://swiss.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8802152 where someone seems to have a similar problem, only that his problem was reproducible and that it just happened a few times in a row but after that, the machine managed to start. in my case though, it kept looping like this for about three hours, and i wasn't able to reproduce it afterwards
[22:59] <Zinn> [swiss.ubuntuforums.org] [SOLVED] Mythbuntu 9.10 fails to boot - Ubuntu Forums
[23:00] <Jay2k1> still, to avoid this problem in the future I did as described and added mysql as pre-start job in /etc/init/mythtv-backend.conf
[23:06] <Jay2k1> but if it's really about the order being wrong in upstart once in a while, i should have had that error a few times - until mysql would run, but since it looped for three hours, i guess the reason was something else
[23:10] <tgm4883> Jay2k1, sounds like mysql died but didn't restart
[23:11] <Jay2k1> well, then the question would be, why did mysql die
[23:11] <Jay2k1> perhaps i should get CSI to investigate
[23:14] <Jay2k1> the mysql logs are empty
[23:19] <tgm4883> yea I don't know
[23:19] <tgm4883> nor do I know why it didnt' restart
[23:19] <Jay2k1> this is all very weird
[23:20] <tgm4883> i'm not sure if mysql uses upstart or not, can't verify until i get home
[23:20] <Jay2k1> how to tell? try /etc/init.d/mysql restart and see if it gives out a message about upstart?
[23:21] <Jay2k1> anyways, i'm pretty sure that mysql wasn't the only thing that didn't start (or died right away) because, as mentioned before, syslog and messages and kern.log don't contain a single entry from that boot
[23:23] <Jay2k1> and as far as i know (or assume), logging is one of the first things that is started, or at least it should be running before a process like mythbackend would be started
[23:33] <tgm4883> Jay2k1, I would agree
[23:34] <Jay2k1> i've run fsck, didn't find anything...
[23:36] <Jay2k1> different topic
[23:36] <Jay2k1> i hear 0.23 will be released soon
[23:38] <Jay2k1> how would i upgrade? dpkg-reconfigure mythbubtu-repos?
[23:41] <mrand> Jay2k1: yes, that is one way.  MCC also has a plugin for the repo's.  It is also shippped by default in 10.04.
[23:46] <rhpot1991> tgm4883: why are you stabbing me?