[00:35] zuixro_: you could make a custom job which does all 3 as well, and not have the default transcode or commflag run [00:37] 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] 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] I am using ATI TV Wonder 600 USB... [00:58] I can watch channels on it after doing a scan and using vlc channels.conf [00:59] But Myth just won't turn thrchannels [00:59] Any thoughts? [14:50] Anybody home? [14:53] !ask [14:53] 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. [14:55] I'm looking for a cheap capture card that works well with mythtv. Anybody have any suggestions? [14:55] HDHomerun [14:58] depends on whether you want analog or digital, and where in the world you are [14:59] directhex, USA. Preferably digital, and preferably spending less than $200 [14:59] HDHomerun [14:59] I think thats less than 200 [15:00] 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] Well that does work for one PC, it just connects via ethernet [15:01] but fine [15:01] pcHDTV 5500 [15:02] HDHR [15:04] tgm4883, that seems to be what i'm looking for, in my price range too. thanks for the help. [15:05] you can hook a HDHR directly into ethernet on a pc [15:06] rhpot1991, i just read something about the hdhr not being able to handle encrypted signals without additional cards? [15:06] that is true for any card [15:07] if you want encrypted you are gonna need a box from your cable company and something like the Hauppauge HD-PVR 1212 [15:08] ok [15:14] thanks for the help e1 [16:29] 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] It had an old version of knopmyth on it that seemed to run acceptable. [16:30] celeron 666? Is that real? [16:32] mrand: What do mean? [16:33] I'd never heard of that processor. But I see that it is indeed real. [16:33] I guess it's probably sold as a 667 [16:34] I attempted to load mythbuntu on it last night. [16:34] Seemed to run all the way through the installer. [16:34] But when I woke up this morning it hadn't restarted itself. [16:35] The installer wasn't running either. [16:35] Appears they are a cross between a Pentium 2 and P3. [16:35] Sorry - what are you saying? The screen was blank? [16:35] No it was still running the live cd. [16:36] But the installer app was closed out of. [16:37] 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] 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] friend-end = front-end. [16:40] I seemed to be working with knopmyth. [16:40] As far as playback goes. [16:40] I got it for free. [16:40] I'll keep tinkering with it. [16:41] At the very least I'll pick up a free CRT and set it up for my kids to play on. [17:12] 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] 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] mplayer/vlc no problems [20:17] Max Audio Channels: Stereo (MUST BE SET TO STEREO as of 6/2/2009 for passthrough to work) [20:17] is that the reason? [20:30] been that way forever [20:40] !help [20:40] !help For a complete list of my knowledge visit: http://www.baablogic.net/Zinn.cgi Other available commands: !status, !about, !bug [bug_number]. [20:40] does one usually use bluetooth for a HTPC setup ? [20:53] balas, no [20:54] balas: some people might have bluetooth keyboards or mice. What were you planning to use it for? [20:55] I used it for wiimotes before [20:55] once upon a time [20:55] dunno..with 22 i had 5.1 all the time [20:56] 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] so going to try that stereo thing tonight [20:56] along wtih http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Configuring_Digital_Sound#How_do_I_get_5.1_AC3_audio_to_work_again.3F [20:56] [www.mythtv.org] Configuring Digital Sound - MythTV [20:59] tmkt: most likely mythtv was producing 5.1 sound and not passing through with your prior configuration [21:00] just like the posts i've read about it..very counterintuitive [21:01] that i need to set mythtv to stereo for my receiver to get 5.1 [21:01] can't hurt to try [21:02] 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] 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] so then making that change to 2.0 won't do anything, and i should focus on the iecset method [21:04] I believe you *must* have it on stereo for passthrough to work [21:05] ok [21:05] thats what it seemed like in Allen's digital audio wiki [21:06] guess just have to get home and giver a shot [21:06] Go Train in 13 minutes [21:10] 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] 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] mrand, thank you. can mythbuntu do netflix ? [21:15] managing your queue yes, playing streaming no [21:15] ooh ok [21:15] 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] you can only stream from drm laden OSs [21:15] but there is mythbrowser, and I assume you can queue via that. [21:16] mrand: ya I was talking about the plugin, didn't know it went away [21:16] how does one stream netflix from a windows computer and receive on mythbuntu ? [21:16] it was kinda useless IMO [21:16] balas: your question doesn't make sense [21:16] you said stream via drm laden os's [21:17] ah I meant to them, not from them [21:17] ooh ok [21:17] its windows, osx only [21:17] well thank you all for your help [21:17] you could in theory use a VM to play the streaming, I think I've heard of people doing that [21:17] its generally easier to just get one of the players that has that built in and not bother with it [21:18] 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] 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] at that rate you might be better just getting another roku or a BR player though [21:20] that rhpot1991 is a crazy man! [21:20] :-) [21:20] I have netflix and I don't stream either for the record [21:21] discs do me good enough [22:47] hello [22:47] !hi | Jay2k1 [22:47] Sorry I don't know about hi [22:47] !ask | Jay2k1 [22:47] 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] had a little problem this morning [22:47] !stab rhpot1991 [22:47] * Zinn stabs rhpot1991 with a sharpened mce remote. [22:47] hi i just updated to the latest mythtv 0.23 and now the frontend can't connect to the backend [22:48] !logs | Spanner3003 [22:48] 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] saw this on the tv: http://pub.jay2k1.com/screenshots/mythtv-backend-respawn-loop.png [22:48] [pub.jay2k1.com] [22:48] so i looked into the backend log [22:48] Jay2k1, yea that doesn't look so good [22:49] superm1, ^^ [22:49] saw this: http://mythtv.pastebin.ca/1851894 [22:49] so it appears the backend couldnt access the sql db [22:49] hmm [22:49] yea thats what it looks like to me too [22:49] this the last bits repeated for a few hours until i noticed it [22:50] Jay2k1, is mysql started? [22:50] Jay2k1, that's during shutdown? [22:50] so - having this in the mythBACKEND log means that the backend was already started so it could log right? [22:50] no, boot [22:50] what's the backend log look like? [22:50] oh it's posted above, my bad [22:50] now the funny thing is, tehere's absolutely no entry in syslog or messages from that time (5:30) [22:51] so you dont have 0.23 according to that [22:51] i thought when it booted up far enough to have the backend started, there should be something in syslog definitely (kernel logging...) [22:51] true, 0.22-fixes [22:51] oh that was Spanner3003 who had 0.23 wasn't it [22:51] ok this is my logs [22:51] http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com/h53w43mW [22:51] okay so is mysql actually running? [22:52] yeah, when i booted the machine the next time, everything was fine [22:52] Spanner3003, make sure your ip address is correct [22:53] how? [22:54] 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] Spanner3003, what is the IP address of your backend? [22:55] 192.168.0.5 just changed it to 4 [22:55] Spanner3003, your frontend is trying to connect to 192.168.0.5, but it says that it's not there [22:56] so either the IP changed, or your backend isn't running [22:56] the ip changed i check the network thank you it seems ok now [22:57] Spanner3003, your welcome [22:59] 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] [swiss.ubuntuforums.org] [SOLVED] Mythbuntu 9.10 fails to boot - Ubuntu Forums [23:00] 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] 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] Jay2k1, sounds like mysql died but didn't restart [23:11] well, then the question would be, why did mysql die [23:11] perhaps i should get CSI to investigate [23:14] the mysql logs are empty [23:19] yea I don't know [23:19] nor do I know why it didnt' restart [23:19] this is all very weird [23:20] i'm not sure if mysql uses upstart or not, can't verify until i get home [23:20] how to tell? try /etc/init.d/mysql restart and see if it gives out a message about upstart? [23:21] 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] 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] Jay2k1, I would agree [23:34] i've run fsck, didn't find anything... [23:36] different topic [23:36] i hear 0.23 will be released soon [23:38] how would i upgrade? dpkg-reconfigure mythbubtu-repos? [23:41] 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] tgm4883: why are you stabbing me?