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Saturday, May 19th, 2007, 00:00 UTC
[00:00:41] MaverickTech: dumb question of the hour, for a point : can you crete/make chapter makers in recordings?
[00:01:01] MaverickTech: I have a few concert recrdings, and would like to make the songs
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[00:08:16] kash: i wonder why people keep insisting that their question is dumb
[00:08:29] kash: , and then continue to ask
[00:08:35] kash: m, ,km,,m.,,; ,',
[00:08:43] gwreddragon: my question wasn't dumb
[00:08:50] kash: 18:58:43 < MaverickTech> dumb question of the hour, for a point : can you crete/make chapter makers in recordings?
[00:08:58] gwreddragon: Yes, I know
[00:11:01] kash: just my $0.03, but you could use a tuner script to control the box via firewire
[00:17:00] MaverickTech: kash: failed attempt at humour
[00:18:22] kash: :)
[00:19:50] VladimirBG: hi all
[00:20:16] VladimirBG: might I bother someone with questions about mythTV features?
[00:25:34] VladimirBG: does mythTV have the ability to rip audio CDs and video DVDs?
[00:25:52] kash: yes
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[00:36:17] mark487: hi, i have mythdora on one hd now. I'm adding a large hd for recordings and wanna keep os/apps on 1st hd. Anyone know if mythdora's installer will support this? (and will it move the existing recordings over & keep database working ok?)
[00:37:11] BummyGears: Alrighty, I guess I stumped the panel...... And now for a 20 point toss up.......
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[01:20:56] gaspipe1: hey
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[01:23:54] andr3www: hi
[01:24:06] andr3www: I just installed MythTV to watch ATSC and its really slow, like 10 fps
[01:24:15] andr3www: I noticed it kinda got worse after I used ATI's drivers
[01:28:29] hadees: damn it is hard to find a quiet heat sink that is only 2U, they are all made for servers. Anyone know one for a 939 socket?
[01:28:33] hads: ew ATI
[01:28:44] andr3www: I doubt its my hardware
[01:29:01] andr3www: i have a AMD64 3500+, 1GB of RAM, plenty of HD space, ATI Radeon 9800 & ATI HDTV Wonder
[01:29:12] hads: ew ATI
[01:29:20] andr3www: great
[01:29:34] andr3www: can anyone offer some help to get ATSC to stop being so choppy when I watch?
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[01:38:20] kash: get a better card
[01:38:25] kash: and enable deinterlacing
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[02:39:28] scott: juuva: ping
[02:43:10] atrus: any way to toggle mythfrontend between fullscreen/windowed while watching?
[02:43:23] rikstah: nope
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[03:31:18] barmymatt: Hi all. I've searched around a little – can't find the answer I need. I have 2 machines: 1 running front+masterbackend, the other a frontend. I'm finding that the contents of the media library is different on each frontend. Can anyone point me in the rigt direction please?
[03:36:48] Dagmar: Frontends only "see" the local files
[03:37:32] Dagmar: If you want to fix that, use NFS or something to mount the files on the remote machine from the frontend so that the appear to be in the same place on both machines
[03:43:42] barmymatt: Cheer Dagmar. (I'm a farly new user. ie. Not quite sure how you mean...)... but all the recordings are stored in the same location on the backend whichever frontend they were (set to) recorded from. ie the location set in the backend setup on the master backend in this case....?
[03:44:00] Dagmar: Well, what it amounts to is this...
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[03:44:29] Dagmar: Let's say on the backend all your media files are stored under /storage/movies and /storage/music and so forth...
[03:44:50] barmymatt: ok
[03:44:51] hads: I think you referred to the recordings as 'media library' which isn't quite correct and introduced confusion.
[03:44:53] Dagmar: WHat you'd want to do is use Samba or NFS to create an exportable (fancy word) share out of /storage
[03:45:18] Dagmar: ...so that on the frontend only box you can then mount the remote share to /storage on the frontend
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[03:45:28] hads: If you're talking about recordings then they will stream to the frontend automatically
[03:45:44] Dagmar: ...so that when you access files in /storage on the frontend-only box, you're actually accessing files in /storage on the backend box
[03:45:44] hads: You may have a view filter setup or something.
[03:45:55] barmymatt: hmmm... a little confused....
[03:46:02] Dagmar: I'm assuming you're talking about the stuff for MythVidoe and MythMusic
[03:46:02] someninjamaster: has anyone heard of a bug that makes program guide crash
[03:46:16] hads: And I'm going the other way :)
[03:46:18] Dagmar: THings recorded off TV will be viewable by all frontends no matter what normally
[03:46:34] Dagmar: someninjamaster: I thought you saw me say you needed to upgrade to 0.20-fixes
[03:46:46] someninjamaster: yeah
[03:47:05] Dagmar: someninjamaster: Does your cell plan charge you for long distance or minutes at this time of night?
[03:47:21] barmymatt: Dabmar: ...No, not Myth Video or MythMusic, Just the "Media Library" to view TV recordings
[03:47:44] hads: As I suspected. I'd put money on it being a filtered view
[03:47:45] Dagmar: barmymatt: OKay then like the other guys said, you have different filters set active
[03:47:56] Dagmar: Check the FAQ for "Why don't my recordings show up"
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[03:48:29] barmymatt: Hads: I checked for view filter ... not that.
[03:48:53] barmymatt: OK. I'll check FAQs...
[03:49:04] barmymatt: Thanks for the help.... may be back...
[03:50:44] juski: <stabs buttons randomly in vain> ....
[03:53:41] MaverickTech: juski: OUCH – not the red one :(
[03:54:41] juski: hey when you stab random buttons it's inevitable the red one gets it
[03:56:30] kdub: how
[03:56:32] kdub: the hell
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[03:56:36] kdub: do you run mythfilldatabase
[03:56:43] hads: you
[03:56:45] hads: type
[03:56:50] hads: mythfilldatabase
[03:57:02] kdub: dag
[03:57:08] kdub: thats what i thought
[03:57:12] kdub: it doesnt work
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[03:57:51] kdub: im thinking i may have installed a frontend only somehow with mythdora
[03:58:33] ** juski wonders how you manage to go wrong with these 'foolproof' mythtv-based distros **
[03:59:17] kdub: yeah tell me about it
[03:59:30] kdub: no way in hell i am going to attempt to think to install something
[04:01:42] kdub: nothing to see here people
[04:01:48] kdub: ijust cant spell database
[04:22:27] Tanthrix: I'm playing back a movie via mplayer, and I'm seeing the framerate switch between 24 FPS and 30 FPS back and fourth, almost every couple seconds
[04:22:40] Tanthrix: Could that be correct, or is mplayer messing with me?
[04:22:58] Tanthrix: (From a 1080i MPEG2 source)
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[04:47:53] mvysin: I've got a problem with changing channels... got a pcHDTV 5500 card and it only shows channel 3... changing the channel has no effect
[04:48:06] mvysin: even though the thing's configured by zap2it
[04:48:47] Anduin: mvysin: did you set an external channel changer?
[04:49:07] mvysin: no, since I don't have an external tuner / cable box I didn't think that was necessary
[04:49:30] Anduin: Yeah, just checking, how about a preset? (not starting)
[04:49:47] mvysin: oh – ok... no, don't have that either
[04:50:02] Anduin: Yeah, those were both things not to have
[04:50:09] mvysin: got it.
[04:50:17] mvysin: one more thing that might have an effect -
[04:50:26] mvysin: the backend is on a separate machine from the frontend
[04:50:54] Anduin: Shouldn't make a difference
[04:51:40] mvysin: mythfrontend even pulls up the current program info, displays the correct channel, etc.
[04:51:44] mvysin: but shows the video from channel 3
[04:52:13] Anduin: Yeah, that is the easy part, you want to check the backend logs, possibly after enabling -v channel,record
[04:52:56] mvysin: mythtv -v channel,record ? or on the backend
[04:53:41] Anduin: mvysin: Yeah, as a command line argument, though if it is failing you probably already have useful information there.
[04:53:41] hads: the binary is mythbackend
[04:54:09] Anduin: and yeah, the backend, it is what actually changes the channel
[04:57:05] mvysin: I get an "unknown video codec" "assuming rtjpeg for now" ... let me look at the recording options page
[04:57:16] barmymatt: Dagmar & hads... Thanks again. My little problem with recordings missing from the 'media library' of my remote frontend WAS to do with view/group filters.... But not as you might expect: Was set correctly to "All Programs", but selecting "default", then changing back to "All Programs" seems to have fixed it. Strange.
[04:57:24] Beirdo: OK, so now I have INN running in a xen domU
[04:57:33] Beirdo: that was easier than I had expected it to be
[04:57:47] Beirdo: just hope I didn't miss something funky I added :)
[04:57:54] geoffeg: So using NTSC the audio gets out of sync with the video, any suggestions?
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[05:06:37] Anduin: geoffeg: more context
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[05:09:39] mvysin: Anduin: running mythbackend -v channel,record... I tried switching between channel 76 (comedy central) and 10 (program guide)
[05:09:54] mvysin: and it output
[05:10:36] mvysin: it also gave me 2007-05–18 22:06:34.471 Channel(/dev/v4l/video0)::Tune(): Frequency is now 535250000
[05:10:40] Anduin: mvysin: That is a chanid, it is ok
[05:10:53] mvysin: and the frequency changes when the channel changes
[05:11:12] mvysin: but yet the video does not change
[05:11:19] mvysin: I don't see anything that looks like an error message
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[05:22:16] Anduin: mvysin: Is MythTV alone in being unable to tune?
[05:25:03] mvysin: Anduin: it's the only one I've tested so far
[05:31:18] Anduin: I'd probably try a channel scan as well
[05:31:33] jhulst: I installed a new graphics card and now I just get a blue screen when trying to watch tv, mplayer works fine, the error with myth seems to be this, VideoOutputXv: XvMCTex: Init failed
[05:33:15] mvysin: Anduin: good point ... and now that you mention it the channel scan picked up every possible channel – including those I don't get.
[05:33:20] mvysin: hardware problem, maybe?
[05:35:31] Anduin: mvysin: This is the part where I tell you I've not yet bought an HDTV card. So no, it could be any number of things, I'd try the azap (or whatever the tool is called) and see what it can find.
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[05:44:07] Anduin: jhulst: That is XvMC output failing, should be non-fatal.
[05:44:35] jhulst: hmm, any ideas of what is the cause of the blue screen then?
[05:45:14] Anduin: jhulst: If you hit escape do you return to the theme?
[05:45:24] jhulst: yes
[05:45:31] jhulst: Sounds is coming out, just no video
[05:45:42] jhulst: Does the same thing for playing DVD's
[05:46:48] Anduin: jhulst: video card?
[05:47:04] jhulst: Anduin: Onboard SiS chip
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[05:49:32] Anduin: jhulst: can you pastebin the last several lines of the frontend log?
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[06:59:56] mvysin: Anduin: got this in dmesg: lgdt330x: lgdt330x_set_parameters: Modulation type(4) UNSUPPORTED
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[07:14:40] mvysin: Anduin: actually, scratch that. that was from something else
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[07:15:16] mvysin: this pcHDTV card worked — was able to tune — with mythtv on an older machine I used before.
[07:15:29] mvysin: Same kernel, same drivers as far as I can tell, same version of mythtv
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[07:36:33] mark487: hi, i have mythdora (front&back&recordings) on one hd now. I'm adding a large hd for recordings and wanna keep os/apps on 1st hd. Anyone know if mythdora's installer will support this? (and will it move the existing recordings over & keep database working ok?)
[07:38:26] xris: you shouldn't need to reinstall
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[08:05:49] inklein: hello
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[08:06:06] inklein: I just installed mythtv and I cannot use any of my channels above 13
[08:08:15] inklein: anyone?
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[08:32:09] juski: hmm interesting: http://lircconfig.commandir.com/
[08:37:39] pat_: that site makes my brain hurt too much
[08:37:43] pat_: I have to think
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[08:45:46] pat_: man, acronis true image is the bomb for windows
[08:46:11] juski: a great way to wreck a windows partition? I thought just mke2fs would do that
[08:46:16] juski: and fdisk of course
[08:46:33] pat_: feh, works well for me
[08:46:48] pat_: bare metal restore is what I'm chasing
[08:47:50] pat_: (I tested it out on my wife's computer)
[09:11:17] ** pat_ needs some darwin stubbies, these littlies are too quick between opening and emptying **
[09:14:58] xris: juski: http://newmyth.forevermore.net/
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[09:35:19] hads: Damn, some extra junk snuck into my diff I just uploaded and I can't overwrite the file :(
[09:38:10] hads: xris: Any comment on my minor CSS workaround in #3394? (that was the modified bit that snuck into my other diff which I didn't check).
[09:44:39] xris: hads: haven't been looking at code recently
[09:44:48] k31th: If i want to watch sky tv with mythtv wats my best option ??
[09:45:41] k31th: can i get a card that supports a sky viewing card?
[09:46:18] hads: xris: No worries at all.
[09:46:29] hads: k31th: NZ?
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[09:57:16] k31th: hads: im in the UK
[09:57:31] k31th: hads: did you think NZ due to my host name?
[09:57:34] k31th: everyone does :p
[09:57:43] hads: Oh OK, the other Sky. Yeah, that and Sky is here too.
[09:58:30] k31th: on another note i have just got a kworld DVB-T card
[09:58:36] hads: k31th: A PVR150 and an IR blaster is probably the best option if the Sky is just Svideo out.
[09:59:01] k31th: how would i go about making this work ? atm im using knoppmyth just to test every thing.
[09:59:33] k31th: i seen knoppmyth detect the device
[09:59:37] k31th: on boot.
[10:00:00] hads: I don't know anything about knoppmyth and we don't have DVB-T here yet so I'm not going to be able to help you there.
[10:00:13] k31th: ah ok
[10:01:05] hads: Unless knoppmyth has fancy setup scripts then you'd just do it like normal in mythtv-setup
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[10:04:13] xris: k31th: juski is the local UK tv expert... knows a reasonable amount about Sky.
[10:05:19] hads: xris: Taking a break from looking at code or just too busy?
[10:07:33] xris: too much stuff to do
[10:07:37] xris: website, life, etc.
[10:07:50] hads: Understandable
[10:07:58] hads: Life can be important :)
[10:09:57] k31th: having no time is common for me to lol
[10:10:14] k31th: xris: ill have a word with him then
[10:10:25] k31th: just wondered if there was any thing else apart from ir blaster really
[10:10:38] xris: k31th: though if I recall correctly, there isn't a viable dvb-s option for uk sky
[10:10:52] ** xris grumbles about 585 gigs of mail spool. **
[10:11:15] k31th: jesus!
[10:11:21] k31th: xris: wat box is there?
[10:11:23] k31th: that*
[10:12:42] directhex: k31th, sky is only available with a sky box, as per the T&C in the contract
[10:13:11] Tanthrix: Jerry Falwell died three days ago, man I'm out of the loop.
[10:13:53] k31th: directhex: ah i see.
[10:14:03] hads: That's a nasty mail spool
[10:14:45] ** Tanthrix would be celebrating if he didn't think being happy at someone's death is a tad bit sociopathic **
[10:18:01] directhex: Tanthrix, it's falwell. three cheers!
[10:18:55] Tanthrix: hehe
[10:19:12] Tanthrix: You're right – Woohoooo!
[10:19:31] k31th: I seem to get a crash @ 50% on EIT scan
[10:20:10] directhex: there's no progress bar on EIT scanning
[10:22:45] k31th: well it sits there on 50%
[10:23:01] directhex: what sits where on 50%? EIT has no progress bar
[10:23:02] k31th: when i add a new video source
[10:23:14] directhex: that's not EIT, that's channel scanning
[10:23:27] k31th: could that be down to a shit arial ?
[10:23:40] k31th: it gets to 50% instantly
[10:23:51] directhex: that doesn't sound like normal behaviour
[10:24:00] k31th: wat is a EIT scan ?
[10:24:02] directhex: you definitely told setup that it's a DVB card, not a normal card?
[10:24:22] directhex: EIT is the on-air program guide used in DVB. it happens automatically, over time, in the background
[10:27:03] k31th: ok sorted that
[10:27:14] k31th: if i do a scan get no chanels tho
[10:27:21] k31th: probs this crap arial
[10:28:45] directhex: can you successfully lock onto a channel using a tool like tzap?
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[10:32:05] xzcvczx: anyone got mtd working on osx?
[10:34:39] siXy: Hi people :) Does anyone know of a fix to the broken (or at least highly undesirable) behaviour that causes 0.2x to get stuck in mythgallery?
[10:37:20] xris: PointyPumper: answering your question in the other channel.. check salary.com
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[10:38:44] xzcvczx: and has anyone had the issue where the osx packager doesnt include libdvdcss/cant read 'encrypted' dvds?
[10:47:16] directhex: xzcvczx, why would they include an illegal library in something hosted in .us?
[10:51:21] xzcvczx: directhex: it claims to if you read through the .pl file
[10:55:26] k31th: this sucks all my channels are timing out
[10:56:21] directhex: k31th, can you lock onto a channel okay with tzap?
[10:57:39] k31th: going to try it on ubuntu,.
[10:58:34] ** directhex decides not to ask a third time **
[11:00:09] xzcvczx: directhex: i must say its a pity that any opensource software must "break the law" to be able to play dvds
[11:00:36] directhex: xzcvczx, anyone who doesn't use windows is a pirate and a communist. fact.
[11:01:25] xzcvczx: lol
[11:04:05] k31th: directhex: sorry will check that when i get ubuntu installed
[11:07:08] k31th: ok got that installing
[11:07:16] k31th: so wat do you guys do for day jobs?
[11:07:38] directhex: i'm a cowboy millionaire astronaut
[11:08:20] pat_: I bend pipes
[11:08:26] Tanthrix: Damn! I'm an astronaut cowboy millionaire!
[11:09:10] directhex: Tanthrix, do you wake up every morning and thank christ you're not a millionaire cowboy astronaut too?
[11:09:30] Tanthrix: Oh god yes
[11:10:01] Tanthrix: Those sons of a bitches can rot in hell
[11:10:07] directhex: poor bastards :|
[11:10:49] Tanthrix: And on that note, I must retire to my buffalo skin diamond bed....in space
[11:11:16] directhex: Judean People's Front. We're the People's Front of Judea! Judean People's Front. Cawk.
[11:13:25] pat_: sounds like a bad movie to me
[11:13:32] MaverickTech: I wanted to be a professional loafer, but the pay was shite
[11:13:47] pat_: MaverickTech: tried softpad yet?
[11:16:38] MaverickTech: pat_: no
[11:17:19] MaverickTech: I had a look at merging the softpad branch with the trunk and it looked scary
[11:17:36] MaverickTech: was waiting to catch you around to see what the go was with your diffs
[11:17:45] MaverickTech: what are the diff's against ?
[11:25:35] pat_: umm /me reads what he wrot
[11:25:35] pat_: e
[11:26:05] pat_: The diffs are against mythtv-0.20-fixes branch and are applied against
[11:26:05] pat_: the revision number listed.
[11:26:31] pat_: glad I wrote that otherwise I would have forgotten
[11:28:19] MaverickTech: ok, I might have to play around with the patch's, SVN, and alcohol – see what I come up with
[11:28:56] ** directhex wonders whether the alsa project will accept his patch **
[11:29:49] pat_: MaverickTech: the latest stuff in about recording multiple streams from the same transport seems worth a look too
[11:31:59] pat_: anybody got any experience using playstation controllers with mythgame?
[11:33:03] MaverickTech: I asked the other day about that pat, but was told it's unlikely to help with back-to-back
[11:33:20] MaverickTech: pat_: on the PS stuff, nothing here, but interested in the answer
[11:33:31] MaverickTech: I use a MS Sidewinder gamepad at the moment
[11:34:07] pat_: I've got a playstation and controllers, and an old atari console I collected games for for a while
[11:34:12] pat_: I'd like to marry the two
[11:35:04] pat_: MaverickTech: which version would you like the patches to apply to?
[11:35:07] pat_: latest svn?
[11:35:28] pat_: or something in particular (I'm doing nothing right now, and can spare an hour or so)
[11:36:47] directhex: pat_, just use a USB adapter. ought to JustWork(tm)
[11:38:16] MaverickTech: I am using latest trunk
[11:38:25] MaverickTech: compiled about ~2hrs ago
[11:38:59] pat_: MaverickTech: wife is keeping up the beers, so I'm right till she stops supplying them :)
[11:39:10] MaverickTech: :p
[11:40:00] MaverickTech: what are we drinking ?
[11:42:13] pat_: hahn – super dry
[11:43:04] ** MaverickTech << Coopers Pale **
[11:44:42] pat_: I'm just checking out head now to apply the patches for you
[11:45:22] MaverickTech: that's mighty nice of you
[11:45:23] pat_: super dry has 1/3 the carbohydrates
[11:45:44] pat_: she's watching telly on the computer next to me
[11:46:02] pat_: she's using tapeworm and vlc at the moment
[11:46:16] MaverickTech: cool
[11:46:27] MaverickTech: had a play with TapeWorm some time back
[11:47:56] MaverickTech: watch tv on laptop with MrsMav from time to time, generally just map a drive and VLC
[11:48:23] MaverickTech: I use the perl script in the /contrib folder to generate links with real names
[11:49:01] pat_: tapeworm works nicely, she deletes all the things she tapes that are crap with it as well
[11:51:45] MaverickTech: I have an cupboard full of varous old gear – waiting to try out some dedicated myth frontend configs
[11:54:43] k31th: directhex: how do i use tzap ?
[11:55:00] pat_: my dedicated frontend is a dell gx 260 sff case
[11:55:48] directhex: k31th, it helps if you have tuner information already available. what's your local DVB-T transmitter?
[11:56:36] MaverickTech: pat_: I work with embedded stuff a lot in real life, I am going to try to find the lowest spec I can get it running on ;)
[11:59:28] pat_: MaverickTech: if this is a good data point for you, my wife's pc is a p3–450, and can play divx encoded tv, but can't play fta mpeg2 straight from the card
[11:59:57] MaverickTech: cool
[12:00:13] MaverickTech: 450 is lower spec than most of the embedded gear these days
[12:05:24] k31th: Uk Mendip
[12:06:06] k31th: iv tried this
[12:06:24] k31th: failed.
[12:09:41] directhex: failed how?
[12:10:30] k31th: LOL
[12:10:37] k31th: im not sure if i should even admitt this
[12:10:39] k31th: hahahhaa
[12:10:41] k31th: idiot
[12:10:55] k31th: i had plugged into the av out
[12:10:56] k31th: hahaha
[12:11:04] k31th: thats wat u get for not looking.
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[12:21:05] k31th: woot working
[12:21:09] k31th: just shit slow
[12:21:24] k31th: spect the gfx card in this box is a pile of shit :p
[12:23:49] pat_: MaverickTech: looks like someone who can actually code rather than just work out how to apply patches that don't apply cleanly needs to take softpad under their wing
[12:32:53] MaverickTech: thanks for looking lat
[12:32:56] MaverickTech: *pat
[12:33:55] MaverickTech: I will stiff persue it, I just need to find some time
[12:33:59] MaverickTech: *still
[12:34:19] MaverickTech: acchh, hvaing truobel tpying
[12:37:40] pat_: too much coopers
[12:40:27] pat_: gah! 10 minutes overrun, and still she had to go to another recording to get the end
[12:41:05] pat_: for those devs who don't believe that overruning programs can be a problem we can't get the stations to fix here is your evidence
[12:42:25] pat_: (lucky that it was recorded on another recording, otherwise I'd be answering for it for weeks)
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[12:54:57] planktonboy: hi all
[12:55:56] planktonboy: a quick question if I may
[12:56:06] Zider: you may
[12:56:14] planktonboy: :)
[12:58:36] gardengnome: no, it doesn't really matter. i just put it in a sub directory of my home directory
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[13:05:43] planktonboy: gardengnome, just building a new machine with a bit higher specs, and then going to give the one I am using at the moment to my mother
[13:05:56] planktonboy: at least that is the idea
[13:08:54] gardengnome: good luck .)
[13:09:52] planktonboy: thanks...I'll need it
[13:09:54] planktonboy: :)
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[13:31:14] riddlebox: for some reason my remote mythfrontend will not connect to the database anymore? I get Access denied for user 'mythtv' @ 'Nigmadsktp.local' (Using password: YES)?
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[13:42:47] planktonboy: brb
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[13:48:22] a5benwillis: g'morning
[13:48:28] a5benwillis: anyone know of a minimyth chan?
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[13:55:44] riddlebox: I have a remove mythfrontend that wont connect to the backend, the error says Access denied for user mythtv@machinename.local ?
[13:58:05] k31th: this is great! skipping back tv + pausing it
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[14:06:19] Anduin: riddlebox: Update the DB permissions to allow connections from that host (or all), there is an example in the main MythTV docs.
[14:08:28] riddlebox: Anduin, the weird thing is that this was working then one day nothing
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[14:17:46] k31th: whats the best way of hooking up a myth box to a tv?
[14:18:04] directhex: k31th, with a cable
[14:18:12] k31th: wat card is best, i want to be able to connect to a HDTV + standard
[14:18:17] riddlebox: k31th, I have s-video, but I am running into a power problem that runs lines across my screen
[14:18:18] k31th: directhex: :D
[14:18:35] directhex: k31th, VGA is popular, for sets that will take it
[14:18:39] k31th: riddlebox: svideo from say a nvidia card ?
[14:18:46] riddlebox: k31th, yes
[14:19:02] k31th: most plasma have vga now
[14:19:19] k31th: so vga / svideo
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[14:19:24] directhex: but most don't have plasma, so that's not saying much
[14:19:24] k31th: wat about hdtv
[14:19:34] k31th: true.
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[14:21:28] Anduin: riddlebox: If you throw a mythconverg in there it still works?
[14:21:51] riddlebox: Anduin, yup, and I can do like select * from record; and see whatever is in the table
[14:22:54] adante_: hey um
[14:23:10] adante_: is there some problem with the manual recording schedule feature (maybe when used via mythweb)?
[14:23:37] adante_: i tried to use it and... it seems to have been entered 3 times or something? its making 3 recordings simultaneously
[14:24:36] directhex: k31th, here's what you do: look at the manual for your tv, work out which plug allows the highest quality connection without scaling, and plug into that
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[14:36:55] k31th: all i need now is to get a remote to work with it
[14:37:11] k31th: that is doable?
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[14:38:32] directhex: yes, in general
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[14:42:04] k31th: for simple stuff like pause
[14:42:06] k31th: etc
[14:43:08] directhex: pick a remote, pick a receiver, then muck about trying to convince your distro that it really wants to join the two in holy matrimony
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[14:49:36] _stokes: im looking at these hauppage cards but none of them capture HD over the air do they?
[14:58:55] k31th: directhex: haha i have a remote and receiver actually
[15:04:45] k31th: directhex: seems to half work
[15:04:54] k31th: i can get the volume up
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[15:05:09] k31th: i guess the keymapping for the rest of the keys is just wrong
[15:05:17] k31th: must be able to mod that some where
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[15:28:43] planktonboy: hi all
[15:29:48] planktonboy: just about to do a sudo make install or rather a sudo checkinstall, but was wondering if I need to do that as mythtv user or can I install it from any user account
[15:31:39] planktonboy: ie can I create a user account called mythtv later on or is it best to do that before actually installing mythtv
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[15:38:26] stuarta: afternoon all
[15:38:40] stuarta: hands up those who don't give a toss about the FA Cup final
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[15:40:18] ** juski puts his hands up in the air forcefully **
[15:40:34] juski: went shopping today. saw mac mini again <3
[15:40:45] juski: it knows I want it
[15:40:58] planktonboy: LOL juski
[15:41:07] stuarta: how's the mini fund going?
[15:41:09] planktonboy: yeah they are nice looking
[15:41:21] juski: decided against it til they can play h.264 HD
[15:41:37] juski: meantime there are other toys. new LG wide monitor in 22"
[15:41:46] TSCHAK2: has anyone bought anything from these guys? http://www.mini-box.com/ ??
[15:41:54] stuarta: ooo nice.
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[15:42:48] juski: stuarta: don't see the point waxing 400 squids on a new machine if it won't do h.264 HD – it has to last a good few years in my skinflinty hands :)
[15:43:09] stuarta: fairy snuff
[15:43:26] juski: it's very tempting all the same though
[15:43:47] juski: saw appletv up close today too. talk about spiffy UI
[15:44:00] TSCHAK2: openGL out the wazoo
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[15:44:22] TSCHAK2: i say we get the Beryl guys to work on MythUI
[15:44:23] juski: looks exactly like neon-wide – I might sue the buggers :-P
[15:44:24] TSCHAK2: teehee :-D
[15:45:07] juski: TSCHAK2: but what about the poor framebuffer users?!
[15:45:24] juski: those folks with 3Hz CPUs & PVR350 cards
[15:45:29] stuarta: no fair! i just deadlocked my frontend...
[15:45:31] stuarta: :(
[15:45:37] juski: oh wait yeah.. what about them? ;)
[15:46:00] TSCHAK2: juski, fuck em
[15:46:01] TSCHAK2: :-P
[15:46:07] juski: stuarta: get a backtrace & send it to me. I'll give it to stuarta to have a look at later:)
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[15:46:20] stuarta: hahaha!
[15:46:45] juski: tell ya one thing about today tho
[15:47:15] TSCHAK2: they wanted their optimal mpeg output at 720x480, they can have their optimal 720x480 output....on anything below 0.22 :-P
[15:47:16] juski: don't go clothes shopping with the mrs if you have a slightly queasy stomach. some of the colours & patterns are a bit erm..
[15:47:43] juski: pesky fashions. have women gorn colour blind?!
[15:47:43] TSCHAK2: juski, fashion wise, we've thrown the 60's, 70's and 80's into a blender on puree.
[15:48:10] juski: TSCHAK2: more like 'pukey chunks', not puree
[15:49:37] TSCHAK2: with all the oversized aldo sunglasses i feel like i'm in a bad dream of Milan :-P
[15:49:48] TSCHAK2: oh well
[15:49:52] TSCHAK2: this too will pass.
[15:50:32] TSCHAK2: like when i saw the brief but horrifying stint of men wearing capris.
[15:51:09] juski: the car from the 70s?
[15:51:31] juski: TSCHAK2: I just see 'Paris Hilton wannabee' when I see those oversized wraparound shades
[15:51:54] kash: what should i check if mythbackend is using 7% CPU all the time?
[15:51:58] TSCHAK2: .......pants that go down to just above the ankles.
[15:52:01] kash: there's nothing running like commflag or transcoding
[15:52:12] juski: TSCHAK2: ah. I'd call them full length trousers
[15:52:14] ** stuarta needs an afternoon siesta **
[15:52:21] ** juski beers stuarta **
[15:52:30] stuarta: cheers!
[15:52:44] TSCHAK2: juski, nah..not those.. women usually wear them, it's meant to expose the very bottoms of their legs.
[15:52:46] TSCHAK2: anyway.
[15:52:47] TSCHAK2: blah
[15:52:48] juski: none of manc's boozy shops have any cachacha
[15:53:31] juski: TSCHAK2: mmyers. put the handbag down & walk away from the clothes rail
[15:53:35] stuarta: on tonights menu we have 1. mussels in white wine and garlic, 2. chilli & lime king prawns followed by 3. monkfish wrapped in parma ham
[15:53:35] juski: :-P
[15:53:40] TSCHAK2: hahahhahaha
[15:53:56] juski: stuarta: where's your house?
[15:54:02] stuarta: ;-)
[15:54:09] ** TSCHAK2 looks at the closet that has been taken over by the missus, the shoes...and the matching handbags..... **
[15:54:22] TSCHAK2: I'M IN HELL!!!!!!! OHHHHHH! OHHHHH!!!!!!!!
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[15:54:27] juski: I mustn't grumble. we're having home made burgers & zingy salad tonight
[15:54:41] juski: TSCHAK2: the Marcos effect? heheheh
[15:54:46] stuarta: TSCHAK2: it all starts with a toothbrush and goes downhill from there.
[15:55:24] ** juski is thankful his wife has only 30 or so pairs of shoes **
[15:55:32] TSCHAK2: "Notice how the handles on her gardening shears matches the color of her gardening clogs? _that's not an accident._"
[15:55:59] stuarta: that is a worry
[15:56:26] TSCHAK2: American Beauty
[15:57:12] juski: should we ban leggings? or is that just me?
[15:57:44] juski: ahem.. anyway. back to #mythtv-users...
[15:57:48] ** juski whistles **
[15:57:57] TSCHAK2: I think we should just ban women's clothes, except for the victoria's secret catalog :-P
[15:58:03] kash: no
[15:58:05] kash: ban all.
[15:58:09] kash: clothes = bad
[15:58:12] kash: except on fat chicks..
[15:58:50] juski: just euthenaise those ones
[15:58:54] TSCHAK2: o/~ put the fat chicks on a hamster wheel o/~
[15:59:35] juski: scared to laugh incase some feminist linux geek approaches me at LRL & dispatches rough justice
[15:59:55] TSCHAK2: ROFLMAO
[16:00:03] TSCHAK2: hey they can't all be like the BSD Daemon Girl
[16:00:05] TSCHAK2: :-P
[16:00:32] juski: becuase they're an unrealistic (bad) example ?
[16:00:34] TSCHAK2: . o O (boy i'd like to fork that daemon) :-P
[16:00:37] TSCHAK2: hehehee
[16:01:06] TSCHAK2: yeah, they're like the chicks in porn films, obviously being filmed on another planet and beamed down to us.
[16:01:27] juski: actually I'd say most of the geek women I've ever met have been stereo-un-typical
[16:01:51] juski: speaking of womanisers..
[16:02:03] TSCHAK2: *ba-dum-ching*
[16:03:29] juski: hmm neon-wide is almost as searched for as boobtoob-wide now :)
[16:03:46] TSCHAK2: oh if only there were google hit royalties :-P
[16:04:23] juski: tempting to go with ad-click whatever thingies
[16:04:48] TSCHAK2: mythtv banner ads
[16:04:56] TSCHAK2: the world truly has flushed down the toilet.
[16:04:57] TSCHAK2: ;-)
[16:05:08] juski: you can laugh
[16:05:29] juski: every time I look at gossamer-threads I see ads for $ly Plu$
[16:05:42] TSCHAK2: hahahahha
[16:05:43] juski: I like the irony in that
[16:06:17] juski: maybe not gossamer then.. but seen it somewhere mythtv is talked about
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[16:11:53] k31th: woot got mythtv working
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[16:14:49] juski: ooo. one big weekend is on 302 :)
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[16:17:22] stuarta: ooo
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[16:21:54] juski: amazing the amount of stuff we miss on those interactive streams
[16:22:16] juski: sometimes have Jo whiley live lounge recordings on there too..
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[16:22:44] stuarta: yeah it's a pity there isn't eit data for them
[16:23:04] juski: you'd have to scrape the MHEG
[16:23:08] juski: uglee
[16:24:07] stuarta: end up with a lot of random firmware
[16:24:50] stuarta: it's on bbc HD as well
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[16:25:20] juski: can you spell 'waste of bandwidth' ? ;)
[16:26:03] TSCHAK2: mythtv doesn't scrape all the mheg yet?
[16:26:28] stuarta: it does all the interactive tv stuff
[16:26:45] TSCHAK2: I guess i need to study the specs on it more
[16:26:45] stuarta: it's just the only way to find out whats on the interactive channels
[16:26:57] stuarta: is really to use the interactive stuff
[16:27:08] stuarta: which is a PITA
[16:27:40] juski: too much of it assumes you're just grazing like a punter
[16:27:54] stuarta: that is what it's designed for
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[16:28:52] juski: might have to come up with a solution for grabbing nice things from those streams
[16:29:11] juski: live music is about the only thing I ever keep of my recordings
[16:29:38] k31th: is there an option to put a passwd on the web interface of myth?
[16:30:05] juski: k31th: you can secure apache however you want to
[16:30:06] ** stuarta points to the README in the mythweb directory **
[16:30:35] kash: hm.. i moved my DB to another machine that was already running MySQL and now the backend doesn't use any CPU :D
[16:30:54] ** stuarta isn't surprised **
[16:31:09] juski: kash: like 7% was a lot
[16:31:29] kash: juski: i didn't like it, either way
[16:31:40] juski: whinge whinge whine whine whine
[16:31:41] kash: because when recordings happen it's in software, and it goes to 99%
[16:31:42] juski: :-P
[16:31:48] kash: then they skip
[16:31:54] juski: serves you right for using lamegrabbers
[16:32:01] kash: man, you're such an asshole
[16:32:11] juski: true
[16:32:12] kash: seriously. i'm waiting for a pvr-150 in the mail
[16:32:16] juski: tell me something I don't know
[16:32:20] stuarta: no he just gave up smoking
[16:32:29] kash: but until i get it, i only have a framegrabber card to use, and i have to work with that
[16:32:29] juski: stuarta: no, I AM an asshole. leave him
[16:32:35] kash: stuarta: oh, ok. that explains it.
[16:32:39] kash: (he's on the rag)
[16:32:44] juski: kash: rofl
[16:32:45] kash: :)
[16:32:49] juski: lamegrabbers are shite anyway
[16:33:03] kash: yeah, but it's the only thing i have right now
[16:33:07] kash: in case you missed that
[16:33:14] juski: I tried one once – it was hardly the most inspiring experience
[16:33:28] juski: how long've you been waiting for the 150 card now though?
[16:33:43] kash: it was mailed from australia, so maybe 4 more days
[16:33:55] kash: i've been waiting less than a week
[16:34:03] juski: anyway despite the nicotine-freeness of my being I've always been vocally opposed to lamegrabbers
[16:34:24] stuarta: isn't there a shortage of kittens now?
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[16:34:36] k31th: juski: htaccess ?
[16:34:38] juski: infact I'd advocate removing support for them from mythtv if I had my way. it's no wonder so many people are disappointed by mythtv :)
[16:34:40] k31th: s'ok
[16:34:58] kash: i understand what they do and why mythtv is crap with them, so i don't complain
[16:35:01] kash: :|
[16:35:07] stuarta: k31th: it's also described in the config files for both apache & lighttpd
[16:35:28] k31th: mythweb uses apache tho by default?
[16:35:36] juski: kash: and if you think you're seeing the wrong side of me.. jesus. sorry
[16:35:44] k31th: ah yeah it does sorry
[16:35:50] stuarta: it uses whatever you install it under
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[16:36:23] juski: read the readme file & you'll see what it's all about
[16:36:28] juski: or try searching the wiki
[16:36:36] juski: seek & you shall find
[16:36:53] kash: juski: i really want a PVR-150 anyways, so i can watch and record at the same time without one getting focked up
[16:36:59] juski: plan!
[16:37:01] kash: and to stream my shows with audio.
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[16:37:23] juski: if I wasn't using my backend right now I'd prolly be removing the pvr150
[16:37:32] stuarta: anyway, time for me to head off to collect the GF, then cook dinner...
[16:37:42] kash: i'd get HD, but directv HD sucks ass
[16:37:55] kash: resampled 1080i = bad
[16:37:59] kash: plus, they use MPEG4
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[16:40:35] juski: heh
[16:40:56] juski: my cable channels are def. gonna go the way of the dodo
[16:47:19] juski: anyway – I don't and will never apologise for being down on framegrabbers, whether that makes me an asshole or not. I've given a lot to this project & hope to continue to do so, so there!
[16:51:20] kash: yet you didn't know how to fix your recording table
[16:51:25] kash: and i did
[16:51:27] kash: hmmm
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[17:25:10] RaYmAn-Bx: if you have udev, it's possible to decide which tuner gets which /dev device..assuming that's what your after rather than actual loading order?
[17:25:43] Mytho-X: well yeah that is what I am after
[17:26:19] Mytho-X: My pcHDTV card and haup 150 card keep switching order on restart
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[17:28:46] FunkyELF: hey guys, I'm getting that ERROR 500: Internal Server Error. when doing mythfilldatabase....I have wget installed with ssl. What else could be wrong?
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[17:31:33] RaYmAn-Bx: Mytho-X: alternatively you could try just stuffing the correct modules in the module loading conf for your distribution..since it's different cards, that might work
[17:33:11] Mytho-X: RaYmAn-Bx: tanks
[17:33:33] Mytho-X: thanks that is, hard to type with a little one in my arms
[17:34:22] RaYmAn-Bx: you can give me tanks too, I like tanks :)
[17:36:32] Mytho-X: heh
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[17:42:31] TSCHAK3: anything interesting in CVS over the last two weeks?
[17:42:43] TSCHAK3: erm svn rather
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[17:53:08] gbee: TSCHAK3: not really much in the last two weeks, it a quite period atm
[17:53:18] gbee: one or two minor bug fixes
[17:53:30] gbee: probably something I'm forgetting
[17:59:00] juski: kash: I don't fscking know everything. now who's being an asshole?
[18:00:36] juski: and my recording table wasn't borked FYI
[18:01:13] juski: I can see this is gonna escalate if somebody doesn't back down so I'll just FO & leave you to it
[18:01:17] juski: o wise one!
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[18:41:38] planktonboy: I am trying to create a mythtv database in mysql, do I need to do that from root
[18:41:47] planktonboy: or can I just use sudo
[18:42:20] planktonboy: I have created a mythtv user now and am running from that user account
[18:42:32] planktonboy: just need to build the database
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[18:44:40] RaYmAn-Bx: you generally just need to use the mysql root user (i.e. internal mysql user db)
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[18:46:28] planktonboy: I sort of undertand
[18:46:46] planktonboy: but could you explain a bit more please
[18:46:50] planktonboy: :)
[18:46:55] directhex: planktonboy, i have to ask. why are you compiling from source?
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[18:48:10] Hugolp: hi
[18:48:23] planktonboy: directhex, mainly to learn how and also as svn has some features that I want to use that arent in the packages
[18:48:32] planktonboy: :)
[18:48:47] Hugolp: does anyone knows a pci card that has more than 2 dvb-t turners or a pci card that has more than one dvb-s turners?
[18:49:00] directhex: Hugolp, nope
[18:49:06] Hugolp: :(
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[18:49:23] Hugolp: why do they do that, a pci card has enough badwith to suport that
[18:49:30] directhex: sounds like a recipe for bandwidth issues actually
[18:49:39] directhex: some chipsets already struggle enough
[18:51:13] Hugolp: directhex hows that? 100Mbits networks suport more than 2 chanels through them and there are 1gig ethernet pci cards... so it is not a bandwith problem
[18:51:39] directhex: just because there are 1gbit pci cards, doesn't mean they work
[18:52:03] directhex: pci's limited to 127.2 meg/sec
[18:52:51] Hugolp: pci is limited to 127.2 megabyte/sec isnt it?
[18:53:18] directhex: yes
[18:53:39] Hugolp: gig ethernet is 1 gigabit so its ok
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[18:54:10] Hugolp: pci is 127.2 megabyte that is almost 1 gigbit
[18:54:13] Hugolp: so it fits
[18:54:32] RaYmAn-Bx: not if you actually want gigabit speeds though
[18:54:58] Hugolp: RaYmAn-Bx: why?
[18:55:23] RaYmAn-Bx: Hugolp: if the theoretical limit is so close to the required speed, there's no way you'll ever actuall get that speed
[18:55:29] directhex: plus, that's the entire bus
[18:55:36] directhex: split that bandwidth between X devices
[18:55:58] Hugolp: anyway with 127.2 megabyte/sec (wikipedia sais its 133MB/s) is more than enough for 4 channels
[18:56:59] Hugolp: directhex I once was pointed to a ethernet dual tv turner device, do you know it?
[18:57:29] directhex: plextor make ethernet-based tuners don't they?
[18:58:08] Hugolp: ok thanks I am going to look for that
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[19:04:30] pifnet-pif: Hi there. I am a mid-experienced Linux-User and want to build my own DVD-HDD-Recorder using MythTV and a powerful Linux-PC. I will buy every Hardware needed, but I try to have a maximum cost of 700€. First calculations say, that this is possible. But before I buy the required Hardware, I have some questions to ask. I don't want to buy something which is not working. The System should be...
[19:05:36] Hugolp: pifnet-pif: I think that 700 euros will be more than enough
[19:05:50] directhex: pifnet-pif, ask your questions
[19:05:51] pifnet-pif: okay. to my questions:
[19:06:50] pifnet-pif: as I said, my parents should use the system. So it has to be idiot-secure. So is it possible to program a recording simply by selecting it in the EPG?
[19:07:04] directhex: that's the main way to do it, by design
[19:07:10] pifnet-pif: perfect
[19:08:01] pifnet-pif: 2nd wuestion: is it possible to start mythtv with LiveTV instead of the Main menu, which should be possible to access by pressing a key on the remote, instead?
[19:08:06] pifnet-pif: *question
[19:08:20] directhex: i don't know. never tried.
[19:09:05] pifnet-pif: I saw something in that mailinglist. a user started mythtv instead of mythfrontend. But I am not sure if there ist the main menu accessible...
[19:09:37] pifnet-pif: he seemed not to have it right there...
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[19:12:54] kash: juski needs to chill out
[19:15:43] pifnet-pif: okay, lets skip to the third question then. As I said, I want the system to act as a normal HDD-DVD-Recorder. Including the startup and shutdown-times. My goal is a maximum of 30 seconds between pressing the power-button and the present, full-working system. I have several options to achieve that. The first is to strip down the startup-process. Has anyone experience with that? A second...
[19:15:45] pifnet-pif: ...option would be a hibernation. Or the "normal" Standby as a third option. As I want to save power, the first and second option would be preferable. Has anyone suggestions, what would be the best? If it is the third, can anyone say how much, compared to the normal working system, power the system on standby will need? I know, that this is not exactly MythTV, but asking can never hurt...
[19:16:37] kash: #linux
[19:16:41] pifnet-pif: okay.
[19:16:46] GreyFoxx: A big part of the bootup delay is really distro dependant as some distros have a lot of crap n the init scripts
[19:17:08] GreyFoxx: my frontends are 6–9 seconds from power on to usable menus
[19:17:25] pifnet-pif: I will go there for this question then... And I will have a look on thet, GreyFoxx, thanks. What distro are you using?
[19:17:28] kash: crux has shortest boot time i've seen
[19:17:43] pifnet-pif: great...
[19:17:44] kash: it was maybe 5 seconds til usuable
[19:17:44] GreyFoxx: out of the box they were around 20–25, then one day I took a few minutes to get rid of stuff from the scripts.. Haven't really spent much effort on it
[19:17:53] GreyFoxx: pifnet-pif: Slackware
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[19:17:58] pifnet-pif: thanks.
[19:18:07] pifnet-pif: okay, my fourt question then...
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[19:18:36] directhex: if you want to put in the work, you can strip things that many distros include by default
[19:18:43] directhex: e.g. cups
[19:21:35] directhex: linuxtv wiki.
[19:21:43] pifnet-pif: okay
[19:21:48] directhex: if it says it's good, it's good
[19:22:02] pifnet-pif: okay, thanks.
[19:24:38] _sajid:
[19:24:51] directhex: recording dvb takes no cpu time
[19:25:08] directhex: playback... depends whether it's mpeg2 or x264
[19:25:18] kash: playback requires 3.0GHz for x264
[19:25:23] kash: mpeg2 needs 1.4GHz
[19:25:40] _sajid: how does that change if the chip is dual core?
[19:25:42] kash: of course, the 3.0GHz can be offset by using a dual core CPU
[19:25:49] _sajid: can x264 be multi threaded
[19:25:52] _sajid: and there is the answer, lol
[19:26:07] kash: _sajid: i can watch 1080p x264 on my athlon 64 X2 5000+ with 24% CPU usage
[19:26:12] pifnet-pif: so mpeg2 will be better, I suppose... An AMD Athlon 3200+ will be enough for both, I suppose?
[19:26:14] Zider: kash: and of course the GHz depends on cpu family
[19:26:25] kash: Zider: yeah, AMD will be lower GHz
[19:26:29] pifnet-pif: or should I better use a more powerfull one?
[19:26:44] kash: pifnet-pif: 3400+ or 3800+ minimum
[19:26:45] Zider: kash: depends what you compare it to
[19:26:56] kash: Zider: .. the min specs of Intel
[19:26:57] kash: duhr
[19:27:03] pifnet-pif: okay, then I will take the better ones....
[19:27:18] Zider: kash: do you know how many different cpu families Intel and AMD has made thru the years? :P
[19:27:24] kash: a lot
[19:27:40] Zider: yeah, and none has the same speed per GHz
[19:27:50] directhex: kash's numbers are bogus
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[19:29:06] directhex: x264 is single threaded only, and a high-end core2 won't be able to play h264 back with the x264 codec. a proprietary codec like coreavc will work though
[19:29:22] Zider: the core cpus are much faster per GHz than, say, netburst
[19:29:46] directhex: pifnet-pif, mpeg2 or h264 isn't something you choose, it depends on your satellite feeds. h264 is a MUCH better codec (several times the image quality at the same bitrate) but needs a correspondingly more powerful system
[19:30:29] Zider: directhex: not even a core2 ~3GHz?
[19:30:36] directhex: pifnet-pif, there is no production cpu that will play back 1080p h264 with the x264 codec in linux. a core2 should be okay if you buy the coreavc codec and patch mythtv to be able to load the (closed source binary) coreavc codec as needed
[19:30:37] kash: yeah, mpeg4 is what directv uses
[19:31:25] pifnet-pif: okay. the last real question: I will have to connect my MythTV-PC with my normal analog TV (Which is not HD-Ready at the moment, but I want to use the HDD-DVD-Recorder longer than the TV ^^). I will have to connect it using SCART. Has anyone experiences with a self-build VGT to SCART-Adaptor and can give me hints how to make it the most easy was?
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[19:32:32] directhex: for h264 HD on linux, you can a) wait until some clever bugger optimizes or multithreads x264 so it sucks less b) wait until the clever buggers at intel get hardware accelerated h264 into their graphics drivers and xvmc c) buy coreavc
[19:32:39] pifnet-pif: okay, thanks for giving me that short introduction into video-codec bussiness on dvb. It will shurely be usefull when building the system. So I will take the most powerfull processor, I can find, which does not cost too much... ^^
[19:32:50] pifnet-pif: okay
[19:33:09] kash: directhex: you're wrong, you know :)
[19:33:19] kash: my Cell system can play back h264 with the x264 codec
[19:33:27] Zider: directhex: what about acceleration in nvidia chips?
[19:33:58] directhex: kash, bollocks, on several levels
[19:34:28] kash: you're 'bollocks'
[19:34:42] Zider: Cell? as in PS3?
[19:34:44] kash: i have a mercury cell system in a 1u case
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[19:34:50] directhex: play http://x264.nl/h.264.samples/force.php?file=./bbc.hd.ts in realtime
[19:34:52] kash: it has 2 cell processors
[19:34:57] directhex: kash, x264 isn't multithreaded
[19:35:07] kash: directhex: it works, and you can shove it.
[19:35:20] directhex: which reduces cell to a low-end POWER
[19:35:29] kash: downloading..
[19:36:01] pifnet-pif: anyone with experiences building VGA to SCART adaptors? (To calm down the minds ...^^) Or anyone who can tell me better way to connect my pc to the tv? Or a way with better quality? DVI-to-HDMI is not working, because of using a TV without HDMI (Is an older one)
[19:36:18] kash: dude, google it
[19:36:39] directhex: pifnet-pif, i know some people do it successfully. iirc building the modelines is more annoying than the soldering
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[19:37:00] Zider: directhex: it played at least somewhat lag free here
[19:37:13] directhex: Zider, audio in sync all the way to the end?
[19:37:39] kash: directhex: that video plays, but there's something wrong with it
[19:37:47] directhex: kash, no there isn't
[19:37:53] kash: it freezes after the girl looks up
[19:38:18] kash: and there's no timestamps
[19:38:30] Zider: directhex: uhm, I just noticed I didn't get any audio.. hm..
[19:38:43] kash: yeah, no sound there either
[19:38:46] directhex: it's a grab from the bbc-hd dvb stream. why would it have timestamps?
[19:39:08] kash: does the whole thing play for you?
[19:39:15] Zider: mplayer plays it smoothly without audio, mplayer-bin (32bit) plays laggy without audio.. xine plays audio but no video.. :P
[19:39:20] directhex: with audio going out of sync, yes
[19:40:00] pifnet-pif: okay. then I will try it. What would you prefer personally. Buying a VGA-Cable for connection between PC and beamer and a SCART-Cable, cutting them into half and searching the right cables with a Amperemeter (Or which name would be right for such a thing, in Germany, we call it "Phasenprüfer"...) or to buy the vga-male and the scart-male and try to cpnenct the pins directly to the cable......
[19:40:02] pifnet-pif: ...(here my vocabulary gets to its limits ^^)
[19:40:31] directhex: pifnet-pif, if there's an equivalent to maplins or rs in germany, you should be able to just buy the connectors
[19:41:50] pifnet-pif: I know, where to get (there is a good store called "Conrad"...). I just wonder, which way would be the easyest one. When it is easy enough to work directly at the pins, I would prefer that way. The other one is more expensive...
[19:42:07] pifnet-pif: (At least, I think, that it is...)
[19:42:21] directhex: have a play with http://x264.nl/h.264.samples/ – once they all play back, in sync, with x264, on commodity hardware, wake me.
[19:42:27] directhex: time for a long nap!
[19:42:52] pifnet-pif: ^^
[19:42:58] dFG: is there a way to add recording thru commandline (over ssh) ?
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[19:43:33] kash: the luxe one plays fine
[19:43:39] kash: audio sync, video smooth
[19:45:00] ille: dFG: dunno, but I forwared my mythweb over ssh
[19:45:28] pifnet-pif: okay. thanks for your answers, you helped me really much. Is there anything I could have problems with? Anything else, I should really think about, when I build my HDD-DVD-Recorder?
[19:46:18] directhex: kash, the luxe one is 6mbit. production services like sky movies are 6 times that
[19:47:19] directhex: kash, realtime, on commodity hardware, with cycles to spare. when that happens, i'll say HD h264 works properly on linux. not before.
[19:47:41] kash: premire works too
[19:47:54] dFG: ille: yeap thats one way to do it, but Im thinking it without myhtweb
[19:51:39] kash: ok, i updated x264 and mplayer, and about 3/4 of those work
[19:52:03] kash: i'm done though. i don't even have an h.264 stream here :)
[19:52:06] kash: it's all MPEG2/4
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[20:03:12] pifnet-pif: thank you again for your help. I can now really imagine using this system. I will documentate the building-process. A links will be found at the forums when I have finished. See you!
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[20:06:48] Nik_Doof: how does mythtv identify a channel as hd content, does it come from a setting in the channel table or from program data?
[20:07:01] GreyFoxx: program data
[20:07:06] Nik_Doof: ack :(
[20:07:41] Nik_Doof: my datasource doesn't flag BBC HD as hd content, time to create a workaround :)
[20:08:01] squidly: anyone konw why I cant watch a video that is being recoarded?
[20:08:06] squidly: I used to be able to
[20:08:15] GreyFoxx: What happens when you try ?
[20:08:58] squidly: it does not show up in the "Media Library" Watch Recoarding setction
[20:09:26] GreyFoxx: Sounds like you changed your Recording group filter (maybe to see the livetv recordings?) and it's not visible in the current view
[20:09:46] squidly: GreyFoxx: that sounds plausable
[20:09:50] squidly: how can I fix that?
[20:09:52] GreyFoxx: Hit M, pick change recording group and then change it to default or all programs
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[20:10:21] squidly: that did it thanks
[20:10:41] squidly: man ive got a lot to learn about mythtv but it rocks the world!
[20:10:48] GreyFoxx: heh
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[20:13:23] squidly: I need to get my hands on a new server so I can have a backend that pulls 3 channels at once
[20:13:40] squidly: thanks
[20:14:03] juski: well here's hoping my backend's aerial is aligned properly now...
[20:14:20] kash: i need to switch to cable so i can actually use more than one tuner without using a shitty ir blaster
[20:14:49] squidly: that is why I dont use anything other then "basic" cable
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[20:15:17] kash: well, even if i had cable i'd still use my motorola box so i could get sundance, etc.
[20:15:18] juski: one day, maybe all cable will be open enough to make it worthwhile using it
[20:15:22] squidly: anyone konw a good ir reciever for linux?
[20:15:33] kash: squidly: build one or buy a usb one
[20:15:36] squidly: juski: one day
[20:15:43] squidly: kash: that is what I though..
[20:15:50] kash: juski: we need fibre tv :/
[20:15:55] juski: squiprolly soon after hell freezes over
[20:15:58] kash: that way there's no 'dirty signal'
[20:16:26] juski: kash: we need fibre like er.. well, I don't think we do. fibre means IP.. and IP means digital encripplement
[20:16:27] squidly: kash: I think that will more likley happen much faster then Cable Companies and opening up cable
[20:16:50] kash: time warner tried to tell me that my internet speeds were low because of a fibre problem, and some other guy in the office went crazy, yelling "i work with fibre, you either have it or you don't, there is no in-between!"
[20:16:56] squidly: juski: just about every encryption method of the tv's have been cracked one way or anohter
[20:17:08] juski: squidly: 5C hasn't been nixed yet
[20:17:18] kash: i wouldn't rather crack the tv, just have an open solution for it
[20:17:24] kash: 5C?
[20:17:25] squidly: just about everone juski
[20:17:34] squidly: kash: yea that would be very nice..
[20:17:56] juski: 5C – use your fave search engine to find out more
[20:18:08] kash: i miss the old days when premium channels didn't need a STB
[20:18:10] juski: hokees.. make history again.. click 'livetv'
[20:18:19] juski: hit Y.. and NO LOCK
[20:18:21] juski: bugger
[20:18:35] juski: damnit kaffeine works fine
[20:18:45] juski: tzap reports a great signal
[20:24:25] juski: heh. helps when my loopthru cable isn't looping one card through to itself
[20:24:41] kash: rofl
[20:25:24] juski: I hate PCs & all the associated cabling. it's the one thing that makes wireless sound like such a great thing
[20:25:50] kash: you hate a lot of things :(
[20:26:06] juski: I say 'sound' like a great thing because wireless involves even more wires.. mains adapters etc :)
[20:26:15] kash: :)
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[20:30:47] juski: well, looks like this aerial is irredeemably screwed
[20:31:36] juski: good job I have a spare feed coming from downstairs
[20:31:44] kash: good job?
[20:31:45] kash: :P
[20:32:11] juski: I dunno what's gone wrong with the loft aerial lately.. must be the coax
[20:32:30] juski: recordings from less strong muxes have just been turning to complete & utter mush
[20:32:40] juski: very bursty UNC problems
[20:32:58] kash: yeah i heard about that
[20:33:33] juski: possible they were doing some engineering work – maybe the signal's borderline on that aerial
[20:34:00] juski: anyway as I suspected I should be able to just use the main domestic aerial if I get an amp tomorrow
[20:34:15] juski: splitting it 3 ways unamplified probably won't be very good
[20:34:25] kash: probably not
[20:34:34] juski: well – good few minutes without any green lego onscreen :D
[20:34:41] kash: how do cable companies run such long cables without amplifying it?
[20:35:16] juski: they DO amplify it – but they tend to have a lot of gain at one end & tap off each customer's feed from various attenuated stages
[20:35:26] kash: ohh
[20:35:35] juski: from the street cab usually IIRC
[20:35:36] kash: sounds lazy
[20:35:52] juski: probably the best & most stable way to do it
[20:36:00] juski: and of course...
[20:36:04] juski: economical!
[20:36:07] kash: i have a trunk in my backyard
[20:36:30] kash: but how do they cut off certain houses without physically unplugging the cable from the trunk?
[20:36:36] juski: I know the street cabs have taps at different strengths
[20:36:46] juski: they just unplug the house end from the street cab
[20:36:52] juski: one patch cable
[20:36:57] kash: i don't think it works that way here
[20:37:18] kash: there's a cyndrilical box in my yard, it has maybe 12 jacks on it
[20:37:19] juski: ask a friendly engineer ;)
[20:37:27] kash: i did, he wouldn't tell me :)
[20:37:39] juski: heh. maybe not so friendly then
[20:37:52] kash: on the unused jacks, there's a metal cover, stopping someone from plugging into it
[20:38:09] kash: but one time, my cable was disconnected and they reconnected it without even driving out to my house
[20:38:11] juski: this thing must be in some sort of cabinet surely?
[20:38:34] kash: it's in the ground with a cover on it, no lock
[20:38:49] kash: looks like a fire hydrant, without the hose recepticles
[20:38:53] juski: sounds haphazard
[20:39:02] juski: like all sorts of muck can get inside it
[20:39:32] kash: yeah, and it does
[20:39:40] kash: there's always sorts of cobwebs and dirt
[20:39:45] juski: rofl @ kaffeine.. never tried it til now. and folks would rather use that than mythtv.. takes allsorts
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[20:39:59] kash: maybe i'll go out there in a sec and take some pictures
[20:40:19] kash: yeh, i will
[20:40:19] kash: bbl
[20:41:26] juski: yeah well this will definitely do for me. £12.99 at argos tomorrow should sort it
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[20:49:31] juski: lol. lead singer from CSS has a serious camel-toe thing going on
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[20:55:20] squidly: CSS?
[20:55:25] juski: and NOW he discovers that the coax plug from the loft aerial is shot to bits. me & my damn smartass
[20:55:30] juski: squidly: yeah they're a band
[20:56:04] squidly: ahh okies
[20:56:10] ** juski eats some humble pie **
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[20:56:55] squidly: juski: why do you say your a smartass?
[20:57:20] juski: because I'm always so full of it when it comes to helping people yet when I need to help myself, I always overlook the simple things
[20:57:39] squidly: lol
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[20:58:24] juski: arrghh damn ubunut & it's bloody random passwords
[21:00:57] xris: ahhh
[21:01:17] juski: or 1 day in 2 hour blocks.. not fussed :)
[21:01:33] kash: to see the attenuation?
[21:02:39] juski: kash: no, just to record some big chunks of an event channel :)
[21:02:45] kash: ah
[21:06:20] kash: recordid, type, chanid, starttime, startdate, endtime, enddate, [title], [subtitle], [description], [category], profile, recpriority, autoexpire, maxepisodes, maxnewest, startoffset, endoffset, recgroup, dupmethod, dupin, [station], [seriesid], [programid], search, autotranscode, autocommflag, [autouserjob[1–4]], findday, findtime, inactive, parentid, transcoder, tsdefault, playgroup, prefinput, next_record
[21:06:32] kash: juski: ^
[21:06:47] juski: so all of the columns are mandatory then
[21:06:53] kash: not the ones in []'s
[21:07:00] juski: ah
[21:07:45] kash: oh yeah, and i took pics
[21:08:16] chuk: if I am using the trunk build
[21:08:20] chuk: and I do an svn update
[21:08:24] chuk: can I just do a "make"
[21:08:28] chuk: every time
[21:08:33] kash: use punctuation, god damnit
[21:08:33] chuk: or do I need to make clean, etc.
[21:08:52] kash: and you can just run make. no need for make clean
[21:09:10] juski: you mean <enter> isn't a punctuation mark?!
[21:09:31] kash: NO WAI!
[21:09:40] chuk: thanks!
[21:09:49] chuk: I thought it was easier to follow that way
[21:09:50] chuk: guess not
[21:10:01] kash: no, i'm human. i read linearly.
[21:10:10] chuk: not me
[21:10:13] kash: we're not chinese. no need for columns.
[21:10:15] chuk: I need small chunks of info
[21:10:17] juski: depends if you're used to listening to Tony Blair speak. he gives speeches like you type, chuk
[21:10:24] kash: so does Dubya
[21:10:31] juski: yup!
[21:10:37] chuk: that either makes me a great leader or a fool
[21:10:40] juski: same PR coach
[21:10:41] kash: speaking of which, i saw a funny video.. brb
[21:10:42] chuk: depending on your perspective
[21:10:49] ** juski zips iit **
[21:11:29] kash: i must tell you, i thought 'fool' at first.
[21:11:46] kash: no, wait.. s/at first//g
[21:12:15] juski: oh. didn't realise it'd be impossible to change the channel a manual recording takes place on..
[21:15:16] chuk: ok, how about another one? I can watch live HD no problem, but recordings skip badly
[21:15:36] chuk: amd 3000+ with nvidia 6200 using XvMC
[21:15:42] juski: got news for ya. livetv IS recorded :)
[21:15:46] chuk: right
[21:15:54] chuk: but I mean from "watch recordings"
[21:15:59] chuk: vs "watch live"
[21:16:17] juski: it's the _same_ _thing_
[21:16:22] chuk: yes, I realize that
[21:16:33] chuk: but I don't realize why it behaves differently
[21:16:39] juski: so theoretically, you shouldn't be having any problems
[21:16:50] chuk: right, thats why I'm confused
[21:16:52] juski: theory is great. I love theory :)
[21:16:56] chuk: ha
[21:17:03] juski: anyway.. I need to be somewhere else. good luck
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[21:59:23] The_Belgain: hi there – i'm having trouble with remote frontends not being able to connect to my backend mythtv's SQL database
[21:59:46] The_Belgain: what do i need to check to make sure the database is accessible from remote machines?
[21:59:57] juski: The_Belgain: ensure access privileges are set correctly
[22:00:14] juski: the wiki entries about remote frontends are prolly enough
[22:00:20] The_Belgain: on the frontend or backend?
[22:00:27] juski: on the mysql server
[22:00:42] juski: .. which usually lives on the backend
[22:01:10] juski: simple checklist: 1. ensure mythbackend is running on the real ip address of the backend machine not 127.0.0.1
[22:01:31] juski: 2. ensure clients on other machines are allowed to connect to the mysql database
[22:01:53] juski: 3. ensure the mysql server can accept connections from other machines in the 1st place
[22:02:26] The_Belgain: 1 is fine
[22:02:38] The_Belgain: 3 is fine (editing my.conf right?)
[22:02:52] juski: see if you can log into the mysql server from the remote frontends
[22:03:02] The_Belgain: i'm getting Access denied for user 'root'@'ubuntu-laptop.local' (using password: YES) when running mythfrontend
[22:03:12] juski: try -u mythtv
[22:03:36] The_Belgain: root is the correct user (that's what the frontend which runs on the same machine as the backend uses – and it works)
[22:03:46] hads: root is not the correct user.
[22:03:53] juski: mythtv is the user you're recommended to use
[22:04:02] hads: Or anything other than root
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[22:04:45] hads: You'll need to setup the access for remote boxes using GRANT. I'm sure it's in the docs or FAQ.
[22:05:06] The_Belgain: i'd had to restore the sql database from a previous install when i moved to a new backend machine, and somehow i've ended up needing root access to the sql database
[22:05:39] hads: You don't need it, you just need to setup a user to access the database as.
[22:06:08] juski: see " Modifying access to the MySQL database for multiple systems"
[22:06:19] juski: amazing – the official docs tell you what you need to do :)
[22:07:54] The_Belgain: good stuff – thanks!
[22:08:18] The_Belgain: am i ok leaving it to use root access rather than mythtv user for the sql database?
[22:08:36] juski: er.. not really
[22:08:40] hads: It's not good practice at all.
[22:09:15] hads: Using the superuser account of anything for daily use is silly.
[22:09:22] juski: I'm not even going to suggest that if your network is behind a NAT router or firewalled from the internet that it'd be a good idea even then – because it just isn't good practice
[22:10:04] juski: believe me it's very important you keep your mysql & linux admin users seperate
[22:10:17] juski: separate from the day-to-day accounts you use I mean
[22:10:41] juski: one slip as root and poof! stuff is gone, irretrievalble
[22:10:49] The_Belgain: do i just need to add a mythtv user to the sql database?
[22:11:04] juski: most distro packages do that for you already
[22:11:09] hads: Google. Honestly, instructions are everywhere. Probably even in the mythtv docs.
[22:11:19] juski: and if you'd been following any kind of howto guide they'd have had you do that
[22:11:41] juski: if you have followed a howto guide please direct me to its author so I can yell at them
[22:12:56] juski: I need an outlet :)
[22:13:17] ** hads agrees :) **
[22:13:48] directhex: juski, shouting at belgians isn't sufficiently therapeutic?
[22:14:17] juski: sadly, no
[22:14:31] juski: I'm trying to stop yelling at people in IRC unless it's really called for
[22:14:54] juski: maybe it's too much while being off nicotine so newly
[22:15:57] juski: it's funny – I used to hear folks bleat on about how ciggies are as addictive as heroin if not more so.. and er.. on reflection my current state isn't so surprising after all. not trying to excuse myself in any way cos I feel pretty normal
[22:16:21] directhex: i'm yelling at people on forums
[22:16:36] directhex: apparently linux sucks because codec packs don't work, and xvid can't be played
[22:16:52] kemik: if your remote isnt 'supported' in LIRC are you screwed?
[22:17:09] juski: directhex: lol. not even with ogle/xine/mplayer/vlc/whatever ?
[22:17:18] hads: directhex: People saying that are probably never going to listen/learn.
[22:17:26] juski: kemik: not necessarily
[22:17:46] juski: hads: people like that should probably stick with windows
[22:17:49] kemik: juski: actually, 5 buttons work (the 'directional' +
[22:17:51] directhex: hads, i know. i told them to depart, and that their loss to the greater linux community wouldn't cause tears
[22:17:52] juski: linux doesn't need them
[22:17:53] kemik: juski: actually, 5 buttons work (the 'directional' + 'enter' )
[22:18:04] hads: juski: Or a pen and paper :)
[22:18:11] juski: kemik: try 'irw' & see how many work then
[22:18:23] juski: kemik: might be a simple matter of tweaking a config file or 2
[22:18:51] kemik: it's not an IR remote.. it's a RF.. irw says "connection refused"
[22:19:07] juski: kemik: but irw should work with anything lirc based
[22:19:57] kemik: well, that's sort of the point, im not sure it is
[22:20:00] directhex: maybe i'm showing my ignorance here, but why was it lirc can't sit on top of the linux serial driver instead of replacing it?
[22:20:23] juski: directhex: because it needs low level access to the uart registers?
[22:20:43] directhex: juski, why?
[22:20:50] juski: lirc_serial uses the uart to do the timing AFAIK
[22:21:08] juski: lessens the CPU usage a _lot_ doing that IIRC
[22:21:12] Sedorox: anyone here actually have their mythtv backend running on a 64bit OS (i.e. linux is running 64.. myth was compiled under 64bit.. )?
[22:21:24] directhex: Sedorox, yes
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[22:21:44] Sedorox: directhex: how's it work? decent performance?
[22:22:06] directhex: Sedorox, no difference in this kind of use case. i just prefer to only have one arch in the house
[22:22:14] juski: directhex: it'd do that because... IR remotes don't actually send anything out over a character-based protocol, and serial port drives in linux/windows can only deal with character streams
[22:22:46] directhex: juski, they can? hmm, how silly.
[22:23:20] juski: directhex: now if you were to turn the IR protocol into ASCII, THEN you could just use a regular serial port driver
[22:23:35] Sedorox: directhex: ah.. I'm debating if I want to move the box that I have doing myth over to 64bit... (does file-server, print-server, mythtv backend (sometimes front), asterisk, etc..)
[22:23:49] juski: e.g. with a PIC, or similar microcontroller – like some IR projects do :)
[22:24:11] directhex: juski, i was hypothesizing that a remote's really not likely to be sending data fast enough to swamp, say, 115k/sec, so assuming nyquist is good, you could just sample it. evidently there's a flaw in my idea
[22:24:30] directhex: Sedorox, unless it's under major load, don't bother. it's a lot of work to switch it over
[22:24:48] juski: directhex: you _could_ do that but you'd have to poll it regularly enough to catch all the transitions – which is what winlirc does – and why winlirc sucks so badly
[22:25:05] directhex: polling sucks :x
[22:25:08] Sedorox: directhex: well I would just move everything to my raid (storage only) wipe, and start fresh with 64...
[22:25:27] directhex: Sedorox, you'd miss something. really, don't bother.
[22:25:29] hads: If it's under major load Asterisk would possibly show degredation
[22:25:38] juski: directhex: put it this way, winlirc & serial port recievers aren't really suitable for apps which play media files :)
[22:25:58] juski: unless said serial port receivers send out characters converted from RC protocols
[22:26:02] Sedorox: hads: yea.. thats the other thing I was wondering was how asterisk would handle.. but yea..
[22:26:25] hads: Sedorox: NO idea, I've never bothered to look at 64 bit
[22:26:47] directhex: juski, does the data HAVE to be pulled? can't it push? or is that a limitation of the drivers currently in use?
[22:27:04] Sedorox: hehe
[22:27:07] hads: I was more referring to the fact that you are running a lot of things there and both mythtv and asterisk require semi real time access to their resources.
[22:27:18] Sedorox: ah ok
[22:27:23] juski: directhex: if you use a totally dumb receiver then yeah it has to be pulled
[22:27:53] Sedorox: hads: well mythtv only really runs a few nights of the week.. asterisk isn't used that much.. main thing is samba for file-sharing.. so its not under a high load
[22:27:56] juski: it's academic in my case anyway cos it works & is sweet .. and wasn't too much of a pain to get working
[22:28:24] hads: Sedorox: Fair enough, probably be fine then.
[22:28:34] juski: directhex: see http://usbirboy.sourceforge.net/
[22:28:47] directhex: juski, i'm wondering, hypothetically, how remote support could be a little less... involved... to get working
[22:29:03] juski: directhex: oh come on. it's not hard
[22:29:05] Sedorox: hads: yea
[22:29:07] Dagmar: By requiring very specific hardware
[22:29:25] juski: I'm not a genius and I managed it
[22:29:27] Sedorox: hads: we'll see.. I'll look into everything more.. do a few more stats...
[22:29:34] Sedorox: thanks hads and directhex
[22:29:39] Dagmar: If there was only *one* remote control ever used, and only *one* IR transciever ever used, it would be stupid-simple
[22:29:42] juski: this is where my altruism runs out of steam
[22:29:57] juski: if it's easy enough for me, it's easy enough :)
[22:30:09] directhex: juski, for you or me, it's doable. but for the average twat who steps in here? lirc's a git, and the mess compiling things isn't trivial
[22:30:19] Dagmar: Nothing's going to help a moron
[22:30:20] directhex: nor is convincing serial.ko to bugger off, in many cases
[22:30:21] hads: Dagmar: True but choice is good.
[22:30:33] Dagmar: Choice is a function of free will
[22:30:39] Dagmar: ...and free will equals pain.
[22:30:56] juski: erm.. if more people don't get a clue with linux who is going to write new drivers & support everybody when the current devs move on?
[22:31:05] Dagmar: People are being given the option to make it hard on themselves, so that's what they do
[22:31:18] directhex: even if we ignore the dumb serial receiver issue, why are kernel modules needed for things like mce remotes or ati remote wonders (which also have the non-lirc modules)
[22:31:40] juski: why are kernel modules needed for _anything_ by the same token?!
[22:31:50] Dagmar: Becuase they're device drivers
[22:31:58] juski: bingo
[22:32:04] juski: devices need device drivers
[22:32:11] Dagmar: ...and you typically don't get ioctls access to hardware as normal users usually
[22:32:18] juski: and drivers are best suited to kernel land
[22:32:19] directhex: Dagmar, FUSE.
[22:32:27] Dagmar: It's not a filesystem
[22:32:29] Dagmar: It's a device
[22:32:47] directhex: i know that. but FUSE has greatly simplified a lot of things that are filesystem-related
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[22:33:11] Dagmar: Let me put this another way.
[22:33:14] directhex: FUSE makes anything able to pretend to be a filesystem. uinput makes anything able to pretend to be a keyboard or mouse
[22:33:16] juski: there are billions of users out there who don't even know how to download a theme.. I don't think they're gonna need much help getting a remote working anything soon
[22:33:33] Dagmar: Anything you do is going to require the ability to communicate *directly* with the hardware in nearly-realtime in order to just decode the signals
[22:35:03] juski: never looked at the source for it.. maybe it'd be simple enough for me to understand it :)
[22:35:14] Dagmar: Now, if you wanted to say, make a PIC device that is smart enough to understand RC5, you could have it communicate the timing info through uinput
[22:35:20] Dagmar: ...but no one is using anything that complex
[22:35:46] juski: Dagmar: a few people are
[22:35:53] juski: http://usbirboy.sourceforge.net/ for one
[22:35:59] Dagmar: THen they a) still need a kernel driver, namely uinput
[22:36:13] Dagmar: bah there isn't even a b) to that
[22:36:25] directhex: Dagmar, so $distro loads uinput by default, which is (crucially) part of the mainline kernel
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[22:36:58] Dagmar: But you basically can't take the presence of *some* sort of kernel interface out of the equation
[22:37:07] directhex: user plugs in remote, $distro sees it's there, "new remote discovered, would you like to configure it?"
[22:37:19] juski: a pipedream!
[22:37:25] directhex: a pipedream.
[22:37:37] Dagmar: Followed by "Option 245: My remote is not listed"
[22:37:49] directhex: lirc 2.0!
[22:37:54] juski: you're gonna get all sorts of random users with their $rubbishtaiwan-remote with problems
[22:38:01] Dagmar: ...or more likely the 80% of the users who tell the configurator the wrong type of IR remote
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[22:38:28] juski: we could make a definitive mythtv remote
[22:38:42] Dagmar: Or just "declare" one to be so
[22:38:58] juski: then it'll just be plug in & go!
[22:39:10] juski: no need to worry about lirc or anything
[22:39:12] hads: That's a bad idea
[22:39:35] juski: why?
[22:39:38] Dagmar: Yeah, but it's the only way the LIRC step is going to ever be simple.;
[22:39:48] juski: oh the choice thing
[22:39:51] hads: Dagmar: I can agree on that.
[22:40:03] juski: like Dagmar said, choice brings complications
[22:40:10] directhex: thing is, so many apps have lircesque leanings these days. if you're injecting keyboard-style feeds to each app, then you need to synchonise which buttons do what (e.g. which remote button is P, and always P, even if apps differ on what P does)
[22:40:21] Dagmar: People can either have it easy, or they can have their choice of hardware
[22:40:24] Dagmar: They don't get both
[22:40:36] juski: Dagmar: totally agree
[22:40:50] juski: anyway shouldn't you be bringing this up with #lirc, directhex ? ;)
[22:40:58] directhex: they'd eat me alive!"
[22:41:05] juski: hey boys, wanna talk yourself out of existence?
[22:41:13] hads: To me choice is more important. I totally get that there may be only one good and recommended choice but having the choice is important.
[22:41:18] Dagmar: Unless people start using ONLY recievers that are USB with actual, not-insane-o product and vendor codes reported by the device, it's not even going to approach being simpler
[22:41:19] directhex: and probably tell me off for not running slackware 5.0, judging by lirc's design
[22:41:36] aarcane: directhex, actually, you can synchronize which button is P, or you can synchronize which button does what. what you can't do is both.
[22:41:37] juski: directhex: I really don't see what your beef is
[22:41:52] Dagmar: Dude the stuff IR does is right down there with morse code for *crude* forms of data transfer
[22:41:53] juski: I was a noob to linux. I had to patch my kernel just to get linux to see my tuner
[22:42:02] Dagmar: Don't be astonished that the code is paleolithic
[22:42:09] directhex: juski, we've all been through that
[22:42:17] juski: if these guys coming to linux can't work out what needs to be done, then boo sodding hoo AFAIC
[22:42:23] directhex: Dagmar, i was thinking lirc_dev more than lirc_serial
[22:42:36] Dagmar: Either way, try and write something like lirc sometime
[22:42:41] hads: heh
[22:42:53] juski: if it wasnt for all the pioneering spirit in linux it wouldn't be where it is today
[22:42:56] aarcane: directhex, lirc_serial is the most common lirc module, and the simplest to use, and most importantly, the one device lirc was DESIGNED to work with!
[22:43:51] juski: I'm not mortally against handing stuff to users on a plate but where's it gonna end?
[22:44:57] juski: I mean it's not even as if a lot of stuff 'just works' with windows either! if that were the case I'd not even have tried mythtv
[22:45:29] directhex: juski, so don't be "as good", be better.
[22:45:35] juski: _especially_ tuner cards
[22:45:38] Dagmar: Go to the largest department store in your area.
[22:45:54] aarcane: juski, I draw the line at the Utilitarian Linux User. some people don't care how it works as long as they have a PVR box. others boot their desktop to Linux every day. the ones that USE linux by choice are the ones I tell to RTFM first.
[22:45:55] Dagmar: Buy the most generic-looking commplace PVR-style replacement remote you can find
[22:46:02] juski: how many remotes does your standalone DVD player work with hmm?
[22:46:13] hads: I haven't looked at Windows for quite some time but from what I remember things that don't just work in Windows are so obscure that you can never figure them out.
[22:46:16] Dagmar: Take it home. Make it work with lirc. Publish the instructions to the wiki and *demand* people use that same hardware
[22:46:59] Dagmar: Basically hte reason *my* remote even works is that some guy had done just that with the exact remote I bouhgt
[22:47:11] Dagmar: I deliberately took the _easy_ way
[22:47:22] juski: anyway guys a lot of this can be ironed out quite simply by taking the majority of remotes people are likely to use & wizardify them like knoppmyth et al already do
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[22:48:13] juski: I wouldn't be surprised if over 50% of PC based remotes have the same blimmin IR codes anyway
[22:48:19] juski: lazy OEMs
[22:48:45] directhex: if it's plugged into USB, there's no excuse for the distro not popping up a "new remote reciver detected, configure remote?" window anyway
[22:48:51] directhex: lazy distros
[22:49:01] hads: heh, write it then :)
[22:49:01] juski: maybe all this will be totally academic if point & click remotes ever take off :)
[22:49:12] Dagmar: HAL and udev can make that happen through dbus
[22:49:32] directhex: Dagmar, yes, they can
[22:50:03] Dagmar: I mean this is basically what HAL and the dbus bindings were meant to do
[22:50:03] aarcane: juski, a sane soundcard configuration just plugs and plays.
[22:50:11] juski: aarcane: unless you have 2 devices
[22:50:19] juski: and udev swaps them around every reboot :-z
[22:50:42] directhex: Dagmar, indeed
[22:50:45] aarcane: juski, then you simply load the modules in the same order every time by specifying them statically. it's very sensical.
[22:50:47] Dagmar: You'd practically need to design AI to fix that
[22:50:58] juski: aarcane: yeah if you're you or I you'd do that
[22:51:09] Dagmar: Ah the old "drop back to the 90's and punt approach"
[22:51:10] hads: I think video card and monitor configuration needs to come first :)
[22:51:21] hads: (which it's starting to)
[22:51:25] juski: that's even less sane than soundcard configs
[22:51:31] directhex: hads, that's being worked on though! there's actual genuine effort going on
[22:51:39] hads: 08:51:21 < hads> (which it's starting to)
[22:51:46] juski: which driver? hmm should I pick the one that actually works best or go for the open source one?
[22:52:16] aarcane: hads, video card config is pretty simple. package_manager install nvidia_or_ati && X -configure
[22:52:25] juski: oh wait I think I've seen a config screenshot where that's explained very nicely
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[22:52:54] juski: unplug brain
[22:52:57] juski: install linux
[22:52:59] juski: do not RTFM
[22:53:31] juski: why can't we all just do the sensible thing & frown at noobs & laugh when they get stuff wrong, like the good ole days? :)
[22:53:33] aarcane: juski, in most modern systems, there's a GUI based install method that says "NVidia Drivers" and "ATI Drivers" on it. you click that button, then restart your PC
[22:54:00] aarcane: juski, I agree. laugh at them, then help them to not be n00bs.
[22:54:04] hads: I'm not complaining at all as I can see it coming along nicely, just contributing to this never ending topic of conversation :)
[22:54:04] directhex: has anyone got a screenshot of the knoppmyth remote wizard?
[22:54:28] aarcane: directhex, go download knoppmyth and try it out.
[22:54:53] aarcane: speaking of n00bs, are there any here who are in terrible need of help ?
[22:55:06] aarcane: myth related, OR general linux ?
[22:55:17] hads: Umm, Myth related.
[22:56:01] aarcane: hads, I only specify either 'cause I tend to be fairly well acclimated with both :)
[22:56:20] hads: That's fine but this is #mythtv-users
[22:56:51] juski: not #linux-101
[22:56:54] juski: perlease :)
[22:57:07] directhex: no that's #perl
[23:14:07] juski: wow. cup final was 3GB/hr
[23:15:41] juski: they really crank up the bitrate when they feel like it
[23:17:28] directhex: at least they make the effort
[23:17:47] directhex: suggests there are people in the world (in media, no less) who are in fact not inbred morons :o
[23:21:11] chuk: any opinions on what the nicest OSD is?
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[23:22:47] juski: blootube-OSD
[23:22:54] juski: no bias or anything from me ;)
[23:23:02] directhex: the default one is sooooo sexy!
[23:23:14] chuk: I'm surprised at how ugly some of them are
[23:23:17] chuk: I like your blootube
[23:23:26] directhex: those angles, the way it only fits half a line of text that goes off the edge anyway. sex in a jar!
[23:23:26] juski: actually anything that doesn't use the monospaced font
[23:23:38] chuk: is that the issue?
[23:23:50] chuk: the text never seems to look right on most of them
[23:24:17] juski: whoever made the mono font the default needs to have a quiet talking to IMHO
[23:24:26] juski: it looks awful
[23:24:56] juski: the gray-osd is pretty good
[23:25:06] juski: as is retro-osd
[23:25:28] juski: that reminds me I was going to rework the default theme graphics & make them less sucky at some point
[23:25:49] chuk: I say you take a vote for a new default
[23:26:03] chuk: I didnt even realize they could be so nice
[23:26:09] chuk: after seeing the crappy default
[23:26:15] aarcane: Don't list G.A.N.T. as an option for the default.
[23:26:36] juski: some people like G.A.N.T.
[23:26:51] juski: some would like to see a G.A.N.T.-wide
[23:27:20] juski: actually some would like to see a G.A.N.T to prevent final dot dirname problems on windows. pfft
[23:27:20] chuk: of course they all look like crap when I have to use XvMC
[23:27:26] chuk: the grey is very unflattering
[23:27:35] hads: Each to their own. I'm guessing that's why there are themes :)
[23:27:39] juski: chuk: if you don't have a 6600 you can use a hack to get the colour back
[23:27:51] hads: Isn't it 6x00?
[23:27:51] chuk: I have 6200, I thought hack was only for 5200?
[23:27:59] juski: ah
[23:28:05] chuk: but I'm not 100% sure
[23:28:07] chuk: never tried it
[23:28:09] chuk: but I saw it
[23:28:09] directhex: GANT isn't actually that bad. better than blue
[23:28:13] directhex: or illwhateverius
[23:28:37] juski: some people want to see blootube included in the themes pack. that will mean some have to go
[23:28:44] chuk: why?
[23:28:51] chuk: why go that is
[23:28:53] juski: I dunno. just been said, is all
[23:29:11] chuk: they want to keep a fairly constant size?
[23:29:18] directhex: juski, how did neon compare with illthingyius for memory consumption?
[23:29:20] juski: not AFAIK
[23:29:25] juski: directhex: don't care
[23:29:53] juski: a theme can either look great or use very little ram IMHO
[23:30:03] hads: Has there been any thought to a single theme and a "Get themes" type doodad?
[23:30:05] directhex: juski, true. but some people want the latter
[23:30:20] juski: directhex: for the latter there's illius or whatever
[23:30:35] juski: hads: yeah. nothing done about it. everybody's busy
[23:30:47] juski: bigger fish to fry. can't blame em
[23:30:58] hads: Oh cool, so it has been discussed then. Yeah, totally agree.
[23:31:07] juski: I'd say to dump mythcenter & mythcenter-wide
[23:31:22] chuk: I kinda like those...
[23:31:30] directhex: i'd say dump blue, it's the worst of the default themes
[23:31:47] juski: none of the horizontal format menus work well
[23:32:17] juski: I think we're reaching the point where there's too much theme choice
[23:32:19] directhex: blue'a also home to that awful OSD
[23:32:37] juski: you don't get a choice of UI with a cable DVR
[23:32:47] chuk: well, colors
[23:32:47] hads: juski: That's not a valid argument :)
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[23:33:25] juski: see I can't work out why anybody would have blootube over retro as the default
[23:33:34] directhex: retro and mythcenter are very similar
[23:33:40] juski: I made blootube & I can't decide why it looks 'better'
[23:33:53] juski: mythcenter's menu button sucks
[23:33:58] chuk: to me, a lot of is it in the details
[23:34:04] chuk: like the icons on the recorded shows
[23:34:08] chuk: the flags, etc
[23:34:10] juski: oh gawd
[23:34:17] chuk: I hate the $ sign one for comflaggin
[23:34:18] juski: most of them are gobbledygook
[23:34:23] chuk: well, they are clean
[23:34:27] juski: the icons don't even matter
[23:34:36] juski: who even uses them?
[23:34:46] chuk: me, I like to see what has been flagged, etc.
[23:34:58] juski: well, no fsking point in the UK
[23:35:01] juski: :)
[23:35:24] chuk: I don't care if they are fancy, just clean
[23:35:25] juski: and I personally can't stand vector icons
[23:35:32] directhex: what's the point of the theme? to look good, and to make it as easy as possible to see what's happening. so, for example, you want a theme to make it staggeringly obvious what the currently selected option is. font-color-only highlighting is dumb
[23:35:35] chuk: some of them look like they were done freehand in MS Paint
[23:35:48] juski: chuk: they probably were tbh
[23:35:59] directhex: themes where the text is hard to read are dumb
[23:36:15] juski: directhex: I agree. I'm all for reverse highlighting
[23:36:42] juski: e.g. normal text white on blue background.. but the highlight bar is white & the text is blue :)
[23:37:31] juski: I don't want to offend jams & his hard work. I know how touchy I am about my themes
[23:37:47] juski: no UI theme is perfect
[23:37:52] directhex: or the ever so slightly different shade of blue in http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Image:Blue.jpg
[23:37:56] directhex: (/me dislikes blue)
[23:37:58] chuk: but some are really bad...
[23:38:07] juski: mepo-wide is cute as hell but the colour scheme makes me want to be sick
[23:38:41] juski: chuk: you mean you don't like the 'drawn with a wide brush by a 5 year old' look?
[23:38:43] directhex: juski, at least it has a selection highlight bar
[23:39:11] juski: directhex: name one of my themes where it's hard to tell what's been selected ;)
[23:39:17] juski: I'll take it on the chin
[23:39:24] hads: Mepo is cool, just not enough content fits on the screen.
[23:39:34] chuk: yeah, seems like poor use of space
[23:39:40] chuk: I just tried it a few hrs ago
[23:39:43] juski: don't even get me started on overscan
[23:40:19] chuk: I'm surprised no one made a tivo theme knockoff
[23:40:19] juski: "this theme assumes you have no overscan".. idiots
[23:40:31] juski: chuk: our lawyers are happy we haven't
[23:40:43] juski: oh wait we don't have lawyers
[23:40:46] chuk: well, I mean outside of the official myth developers
[23:40:57] ** juski is not an official myth developer **
[23:41:30] hads: Don't try and think when it comes to copyright law.
[23:41:31] chuk: then again, its not that great to begin with
[23:42:01] juski: we could have a $ly plu$ theme too – with 3 colours.. white, blue & yellow. as many as that!
[23:43:57] jams: yeah it a little dark, but on a properly calibrated screen it's good to go
[23:44:17] directhex: jams, cream-on-light-grey is a little hard on the eye IMHO
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[23:45:05] sulan: gaah, what have I done to make MythTV interpret each keyboard press twice in the Watch Recording-screen (but not anywhere else?!)
[23:45:30] jams: eh it works for me
[23:45:34] ** juski remembers another UI tweak he's always thought about doing.. make the gallery view icons themable :) **
[23:45:51] sulan: it worked for me until I dist-upgraded by Debian Unstable
[23:46:02] jams: juski- you already can
[23:46:03] sulan: like 530 new packages went in, so I'm a bit at a loss...
[23:46:19] sulan: s/by/my
[23:46:24] directhex: jams, combined with the italic, i can't read "watch tv" on that screenshot if i stand back from my monitor. maybe your eyesight is better than mine
[23:46:32] juski: jams: you mean, without having to copy the icons into the theme root dir over the originals?
[23:46:36] directhex: jams, and i DO have an opticians appointment on monday.....
[23:48:11] jams: juski are you asking about icons for the poster ?http://jmeyer.us/e107_plugins/autogallery/aut . . . _gallery.jpg
[23:48:19] directhex: juski, no overscan is realistic for those using something more monitorish than teeveeish (e.g. lcd via vga). doesn't help those with a teevee though
[23:48:39] juski: directhex: even HDTVs overscan
[23:48:40] jams: directhex- i sit 12 feet away from the screen, again no trouble reading it
[23:49:11] juski: jams: I'm on about icons in that view, yes
[23:49:37] jams: yeah just place the icon you want to use in your theme dir
[23:49:47] jams: let me get the name for you
[23:50:07] jams: it's another one of those undocumented things
[23:50:20] juski: yay for undocumented features
[23:50:35] mirak: hi
[23:50:47] mirak: is there a way to enable vsync with radeon free drivers ?
[23:50:48] juski: gallery-back-reg.png & gallery-back-sel.png ?
[23:51:10] mirak: or maybe it app dependenbt
[23:51:22] jams: sounds about right
[23:52:57] jams: looks like it's mv_gallery_back_reg.png mv_gallery_back_sel.png
[23:52:59] juski: aha!
[23:53:08] juski: yeah just discovered that by ls'ing your theme
[23:53:11] juski: duh :)
[23:53:45] jams: pretty sure those have to by at the top level of the theme dir
[23:54:16] jams: i know there is a copy in the ./video dir but i don't think they are used
[23:55:41] jams: anyway back to doing other stuff...i just sensed somebody talking about me and decided to stop in ;)
[23:55:59] juski: yeah in the top level is fine :)

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