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mycoDAjames3 - storage groups01:35
qwebirc70522I just tried installing mythbuntu 10.10 both amd64 and i386 on my computer, and it didnt work.  the mythbuntu screen came up for a brief instant, then my monitor lost sync, and the system was still running.  i tried two seperate systems (although in both instances I used the same video card, a radeon hd4850)02:49
qwebirc70522i couldnt even get to the menu to install anything02:50
wgwinndid you tell it vendor drivers? had the same issue; had to ssh in and set it up02:54
qwebirc70522no02:55
qwebirc70522im using the livecd02:55
qwebirc70522ubuntu isnt even installed on the computer02:56
wgwinnHm02:56
wgwinndoes ubuntu 101.10 stock work ?02:56
qwebirc70522not sure02:59
qwebirc70522should i download the live cd for it and try?02:59
qwebirc70522is there a reccommended hardware list?  i eventually plan on buying hardware specifically for a mythbuntu build03:01
mycoDAqwebirc70522: myth + ati = pain03:24
mycoDAspend $30 and get a gt21003:25
mycoDAactually linux + ati = pain qwebirc7052203:25
patdk-laphmm, the gt210 is alittle limited, gt220 isn't03:34
mycoDAdepends where you are03:35
mycoDAit wont manage ivtc, but that only matters to 30hz countries03:35
patdk-lapI don't watch tv :)03:36
patdk-laponly encodedmovies,so that doesn't matter to me :)03:36
mycoDAthen no problem03:36
mycoDAlong as they arent encoded to 30/60 hz lol03:36
patdk-lapmost of it is03:37
mycoDAthen u need ivtc03:37
mycoDAor want anyway03:37
patdk-lapivtc?03:37
mycoDAstupid thing to do03:37
mycoDAinverse telecine03:37
patdk-lapsounds pointless03:38
patdk-lapif it was encoded at 30fps, ivtc wouldn't help03:38
mycoDArestores 30hz content to 24 hz03:38
patdk-lapcause ivtc is when 24fps is recoded as 30fps03:38
mycoDAit uses telecine to make it 30fps03:38
patdk-lapif it's 30fps, it's 30fps03:38
mycoDAso inverse telecine makes it 2403:38
patdk-lapyour assuming the movie started at 24fps though03:38
mycoDAit did, unless it is made for tv03:39
patdk-lapwell,was produced, then converted to 30fps03:39
patdk-lapya,made for tv03:39
patdk-lapif it wasn't made for tv, then it's in 24fps03:39
mycoDAirrelevant anyway - the point is that all the gt210 woul dmiss is ivtc and perhaps advanced 2x deint on HD content03:40
patdk-lapheh, I say for the $10 diff or so, it's worth not worring about03:42
mycoDAmore than that here03:43
patdk-lapI have a few gt220 low profile, and several gt240/gt250's03:45
patdk-lapthe low profile ones seem to overheat too easily, causing black displays :(03:46
patdk-lapnormally just stick with pure cpu decoding on them03:46
qwebirc70522what advantage does the gt220 have over the 210?  does myth tv have gpu acceleration built in?03:56
patdk-lapthe gt220 has alittle more *cpu* power04:04
patdk-lapso it can handle more intense filters04:05
qwebirc70522oh cool i didnt know it had gpu acceleration04:15
qwebirc70522what cpu would you reccomend for a single atsc tuner setup that i want to be able to play video backsimeultaneously?04:17
patdk-lapthat isn't too hard04:21
patdk-lapprobably a dualcore 2.2ghz or so04:22
patdk-lapprobably less will do04:22
patdk-lapusing a gt210 better, a 1ghz cpu would do04:22
patdk-lapdoing atsc isn't really hard at all, it's just mpeg204:23
patdk-lapdoing h264 is much harder04:23
mycoDAshould never rely on vdpau to do everything tho - keep a decent cpu as a fallback04:28
qwebirc70522so a core 2 duo w 1 mb of l2 cache running at 2.4ghz would work well?04:36
mycoDAyep, lovely04:36
mycoDAdo you have onboard video, cos that will work, intel is fine will just load up your cpu04:37
mycoDAqwebirc7052204:38
qwebirc70522i dont have integrated video unfortunately04:42
qwebirc70522can mythtv utilize a quad core cpu fully?04:44
mycoDAyeah, certainly on the backend04:49
Shadow__Xthere are some solutions out there that have a c2d 2.4ghz geforce 320m and idles at around 10watts of power04:50
Shadow__Xsomething like this may be a good idea04:50
mycoDApersonally using an ol amd x2 5200+ brisbane with an nforce4 sli mobo and 9600gt04:53
qwebirc70522how many tuners do you use?04:53
mycoDA304:53
mycoDAthe 9600gt is at half clock04:53
qwebirc70522nice  how much ram does one need?04:55
mycoDAi have 1G used generally04:55
mycoDAhas 4G in it04:55
qwebirc70522ah04:55
mycoDAuses the rest as cache04:56
mycoDAlinux is clever like that04:56
qwebirc70522so 2gb would probably be ok?04:56
mycoDAyeah awesome04:56
qwebirc70522cool04:56
Shadow__Xdepending on activity someone could do 2gb but with the prices not being that much different it couldnt hurt to go with 4gb04:56
mycoDAdepends if you have it i spose04:56
mycoDAgettin the feelin qwebirc70522 has something lying about04:57
qwebirc70522im going to try to install ubuntu tommorow04:57
qwebirc70522haha well i have tons of old hardware04:57
mycoDAcan use standard ubuntu and install the mythbuntu-control-center package04:57
Shadow__Xqwebirc70522: if you plan on using mythtv it might be benefitial to try using mythbuntu04:57
mycoDAor mythbuntu-desktop04:57
Shadow__Xor that mycoDA suggested04:58
mycoDAall end up the same way pretty much04:58
mycoDArecommend 10.04 LTS04:58
qwebirc70522already tried installing mythbuntu earlier today and it didnt work04:58
mycoDA!rope04:58
ZinnSorry I don't know about rope04:58
mycoDA!REPO04:58
ZinnSorry I don't know about REPO04:58
mycoDA!url repo04:59
ZinnSorry I don't know about url repo04:59
qwebirc70522i tried using 10.10 tho, but as others were saying its probably video card related i have a radeon 4850 i am testing with04:59
mycoservecan upgrade to 0.24 fixes with the packages here http://www.mythbuntu.org/repos04:59
Zinn[www.mythbuntu.org] Mythbuntu Repositories | Mythbuntu05:00
mycoservereason for using 10.04 is it will be supported longer, and will have myth released for it until 12.04 comes along05:00
mycoDAahh,, lockup finished lol05:00
mycoservethis is my myth machine lol05:01
mycoDAthis is my doze lappy i use for uni - hence lockups05:05
tgm4883mycoDA, you are looking for !repo06:35
tgm4883!repo06:35
ZinnSorry I don't know about repo06:35
tgm4883!repos06:35
ZinnThe Mythbuntu team provides updates for MythTV and Mythbuntu package using the Mythbuntu Repos http://mythbuntu.org/repos06:35
tgm4883bah06:35
tgm4883!REPOS06:35
ZinnThe Mythbuntu team provides updates for MythTV and Mythbuntu package using the Mythbuntu Repos http://mythbuntu.org/repos06:35
tgm4883ok, at least it isn't case sensitive06:35
mycoDAglad it got you too tgm488306:43
mycoDAif you happen to own zinn, maybe alias repos to repo? lol06:44
ZinnHi mycoDA, something I can help you with today?  I am a bot, use !help to see what I can do.06:44
tgm4883rhpot1991, ^^06:45
=== hpeter_ is now known as hpeter
rhpot1991what now?14:13
mycoDAwhat what now?14:18
mycoDAu mean the suggestion !repos be aliased to !repo rhpot1991 ?14:18
rhpot1991!repo14:23
ZinnThe Mythbuntu team provides updates for MythTV and Mythbuntu package using the Mythbuntu Repos http://mythbuntu.org/repos14:23
* rhpot1991 fails at reading sometimes14:24
mycoDAsweet - thanks :)14:24
tmktmorning15:13
James3can anybody recommend an HTPC case, which would be supported out of the box by mythbuntu, preferably with a remote/lcd, but not essential15:38
James3and preferably a recomendation based on something you have actually used :P15:38
mycoDAcase?15:40
mycoDAoh - you want an lcd15:40
mycoDAapparently the antec fusions should work ootb http://avenard.com/media/Patches_%26_Add-Ons/Entries/2009/10/17_LIRC_and_LCD_to_work_with_Antec_Fusion_Remote_Black_%28Karmic%29.html15:42
Zinn[avenard.com] LIRC/LCD & Antec Remote Fusion15:42
mycoDAjames315:43
James3cool i was looking at that one, but mythtv.org says the remote sucks15:47
mycoDAirmon?15:48
mycoDA*imon15:48
James3Note: The included IR remote is useless, except for learning the IR code to turn the power on remotely. The mouse pad is touchy and not well supported, as yet, in the lirc CVS code. The remote is cheaply made and you are better off using it solely to train a better remote as to the IR codes.15:49
mycoDAhow old is that?15:49
James3not sure15:49
James3hmm dec 200915:49
James3might have changed since then eh :P15:49
mycoDAfor that matter, where is that?15:50
James3http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Antec_Fusion15:50
Zinn[www.mythtv.org] Antec Fusion - MythTV Official Wiki15:50
mycoDALIRC 0.8.6 creates only one /dev/lirc0 device, and the default  lircd.conf found in  /usr/share/lirc/remotes/imon/lircd.conf.imon-antec-veris works out of  the box.15:50
mycoDAhttp://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Antec_Fusion_lirc15:50
Zinn[www.mythtv.org] Antec Fusion lirc - MythTV15:50
James3hmm cool15:51
James3so any issues are work aroundable15:51
mycoDAi had the nsk2480 which is the same case without the display and remote, really impressed with it15:53
mycoDAi know a lot of other cases use the soundgraph imon remoted, not sure about displays but i know some are vga15:57
James3well im gonna go with that case (my supplier also has it in stock)16:01
James3now to fill it :P16:01
James3this is going to be a secondary backend to go with another myth16:01
mycoDAyou an aussie by an chance?16:05
mycoDAjames316:05
James3no uk16:05
mycoDAkk16:06
mycoDAdont quite get the whole dual backend thing myself16:06
mycoDAdont see the point16:06
James3well theres a good point for it here :P16:06
James3i agree usually its pointless, just build a better backend lol16:06
mycoDAbut a secondary wont need to handle the database16:06
James3here we already have a myth, which also acts as a nas16:07
mycoDAi3 maybe, or athlon2 e16:07
James3that is built into a cupboard, and inaccessible16:07
James3the new one will be going in the front room, play all the content on the backend,16:07
James3but also the client has a lot of vhs tapes which he wants digitised,16:07
mycoDAahh16:08
James3so the downstairs machine will have 2 vcr's attached16:08
mycoDAstill - doesnt need to be a backend16:08
James3i still have to get my head around getting myth to record off them16:08
James3as it has no 'listings' for it16:08
James3or in fact a channel numer16:08
mycoDAmakes more sense to use a plain ol grabber and put em in mythvideo16:08
James3last time i played with it, i couldnt get the myth to 'watch the channel' the vcr was hooked up to16:08
James3its svideo in on a pvr-500 card16:09
tgm4883James3, I have an antec fusion that is pretty nice16:10
mycoDAi dont see much reason to use myth for that bit16:10
tgm4883I use an MCE remote though16:10
mycoDAdoes it work with the fusion reciever?16:10
James3that would be good, i have 2 of those already :P16:11
rhpot1991!develop%16:11
ZinnSorry I don't know about develop%16:11
rhpot1991hmmm16:11
rhpot1991http://www.baablogic.net/drupal/node/1316:11
Zinn[www.baablogic.net] My MythTV Setup | www.baablogic.net16:11
rhpot1991James3: ^16:12
James3nice16:12
James3with mythvideo, do i need to map the folders from each frontend seperately16:13
James3atm, ny upstairs backend has everything listed, but the frontend just shows recordings, no films/music/etc16:13
tgm4883James3, do you have mythvideo install on the frontend?16:14
James3maybe not lol16:14
James3i did a standard install from a 10.10 disk yesterday16:14
tgm4883James3, you should see "Watch Videos" in the frontend if it is installed16:15
rhpot1991its not installed by default16:16
mycoDAyou dont need to map folders if you use storage groups james316:16
rhpot1991and with storage groups it should automagically see them16:16
mycoDAif mythvideo is installed16:16
rhpot1991unless you aren't using storage groups for some reason16:16
mycoDAi'm not - but thats more legacy than anything16:16
mycoDAand the fact myth wont handle a lot o subtitles for stuff i have so i need to have mplayer usable16:17
rhpot1991I don't for ISOs, thats it16:17
James3i dont seem to have any setup options related to plugins16:17
James3on the frontend how do i see what is installed/active?16:17
mycoDAmythbuntu control center james16:17
mycoDAcan choose plugins there16:18
James3ah k16:18
mycoDAany of you guys have any experience with HID remotes?16:22
mycoDAI have a couple of these - seem to be quite good http://www.buyincoins.com/details/pc-remote-control-windows-media-center-xp-vista-controller-01-product-77.html16:22
Zinn[www.buyincoins.com] PC Remote Control Windows Media Center XP Vista Controller 01 - BuyinCoins.com16:22
mycoDAonly one way obviously, no blaster16:23
rhpot1991James3: are you US?16:24
mycoDAUK16:26
James3damit16:28
mycoDA?16:28
James3make the control centre work with just a keyboard :P16:28
* James3 goes to find a mouse16:28
mycoDAlol16:28
mycoDAone o the reasons i love my remote16:28
James3cant tab between anything16:28
James3anyone know of a 4 port DVB-S2 card16:56
James3or any 2 port cards which play nicely with 2 in the system?16:56
James3we have a quad lnb, so may as well use it :P16:57
James3with this antec fusion remote case, does it take a full size atx mobo and psu?18:00
rhpot1991microatx18:10
rhpot1991regular sized ps18:10
James3http://www.scan.co.uk/products/antec-fusion-remote-max-black-htpc-desktop-4u-atx-case-w-o-psu18:46
James3im going for one of those instead18:46
James3same idea, but a bigger case18:46
James32011-04-27 21:57:58.508 AO, ERROR: Error occurred while resampling audio: Input and output data arrays overlap.22:00
James32011-04-27 21:57:58.897 TV: Attempting to change from WatchingVideo to None22:00
James32011-04-27 21:57:58.921 TV: Changing from WatchingVideo to None22:00
James3mythfrontend.real: audiooutputbase.cpp:127: virtual AudioOutputBase::~AudioOutputBase(): Assertion `memory_corruption_test1 == 0xdeadbeef' failed.22:00
James3while trying to stop watching a video mythvideo was playing22:00
James3the frontend just crashed completely22:00
James3any ideas?22:00
James3i was getting that AO error the whole time the video was playing it seems22:01
James3happened when i hit the stop button22:08

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