[18:37] <qwebirc95589> Hello, i am new to mythtv, have a dedicated backend and a frontend. Im having two issues, seems like the recordings i set are skipping commericals in wrong places then the episode ends half way through. Also recordings are being set to auto-expire along with live tv, show it be this way or should just live tv be set to autoexpire.. thank you in advanced
[18:43] <tgm4883> qwebirc95589, when you setup a recording rule, you can set whether you want it to autoexpire or not
[18:44] <qwebirc95589> ok so its normal for recordings to autoexpire? i was just thinking it was for live tv and i had somethign messed up
[18:44] <tgm4883> as for the commercial skipping, commercial flagging isn't perfect. I'd imaging there are only certain types of shows (or certain shows) that you are seeing that bad behavior on?
[18:44] <tgm4883> qwebirc95589, it's normal. LiveTV expires before recordings. And recordings expire based on watched vs unwatched and weighted priority
[18:45] <tgm4883> all of that is configurable, but IIRC those are the OOTB settings
[18:45] <qwebirc95589> ya i mean sometimes it works great, sometimes not.. i turn commerical skipping off so that should be ok
[18:46] <tgm4883> qwebirc95589, it's it's only certain shows, then you can turn off commercial flagging for just that recording schedule
[18:46] <qwebirc95589> when its set to transcode does that remove all the commericals it detects? could that be why my recording are only half of the episodes?
[18:47] <tgm4883> yea I think transcoding removes commercials
[18:48] <qwebirc95589> ok that makes since.
[18:48] <qwebirc95589> thank you so much for your help
[18:48] <tgm4883> yw
[18:49] <qwebirc95589> would u happen to know if theres a way to change the name of the recording file?
[18:49] <tgm4883> qwebirc95589, change it, no. You could use mythlink to make it a nicer name
[18:50] <qwebirc95589> ok, do you have a myth setup? just wondering if its a good long term solution
[18:51] <tgm4883> yea I've had one for 5+ years
[18:51] <tgm4883> which I've upgraded over time
[18:52] <qwebirc95589> i want to get rid of my cable box completely, ive just been running into issues (which im working through slowly), just wondering if things will be better.. lol
[18:52] <tgm4883> who is your cable provider?
[18:52] <qwebirc95589> comcast
[18:52] <tgm4883> I just moved to cable card and got rid of my HDPVR
[18:52] <tgm4883> I've got comcast too
[18:53] <qwebirc95589> have u every tried watching recordings on a ps3?
[18:53] <tgm4883> qwebirc95589, nope, although it should be doable providing the ps3 can play back mpeg2-ts recordings
[18:53] <tgm4883> I've got to run, be back later if you have more questions
[18:54] <qwebirc95589> ok, thank you :)
[19:57] <qwebirc95589> can anyone help me setup Mythlink?
[19:59] <SteveGoodey> qwebirc95589: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythlink.pl
[19:59] <Zinn> [www.mythtv.org] Mythlink.pl - MythTV Official Wiki
[20:01] <qwebirc95589> is it just a matter of adding the script to like a user job? is there anything that needs to be installed first?
[20:03] <SteveGoodey> On that page it mentions perl modules.
[20:04] <qwebirc95589> ok missed that. got it.. thank you
[21:33] <danielk22> OT: Anyone know if there is an ubuntu tv channel? Or can just answer if ubuntu tv can be built on 12.04, it looks like it requires 11.10 packages..
[21:34] <tgm4883> danielk22, yes there is, it's #ubuntu-tv  but to answer your question, ubuntu tv is transistioning to Unity 3d from unity 2d (because 2d is deprecated) so there isn't much to do with it yet
[21:34] <tgm4883> IDK if it's even usable ATM
[21:34] <tgm4883> danielk22, for weekly info updates, www.doadjustyourset.com
[21:35] <danielk22> tgm4883: Thanks! I don't need it to be usable, just wanted to take a look at it.