MythTV General Discussion and Support - Page 152

minik · 26th November 2009, 3:12 PM

Thanks I will check the logs, where do I find them? Sorry I am still new to Ubuntu but I am slowly getting up to speed

treblid · 26th November 2009, 3:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by minik

Thanks I will check the logs, where do I find them? Sorry I am still new to Ubuntu but I am slowly getting up to speed

it's printed to standard out by default... start a shell, type "mythfrontend -v help" and it will show you the various options..

And then you can run mythfront -v [blah blah] and all the messages you want shown will be printed out in that shell window. (you can also write to a log file if you wish).

I'm assuming you're using MythTV Internal player for ISO playback?
Check first that it's setup correctly.. Make sure if you have the ISO extension, the "play with default player" is checked.. and also check that the default player is "Internal". If yes to both, then see what the logs have to say, if anything..

Could be that you're missing some libs (dvdmenu or some CSS thing IIRC)...

good luck..

The new look mythvideo looks amazing.. Too bad it doesn't seem to work in Windows....

SteveMenheere · 26th November 2009, 6:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by minik

If the drive isn't mounted wouldn't it not show the files? I could be wrong but I am sure I checked this, if the drive is mounted it would have unmount as an option, correct? The drive is displayed on my desktop area so I thought that would also indicate it is mounted. Although I am new to Ubuntu so I could have this all wrong

When you run video manager (in the setup menu), the system scans for video files and adds them to the menus. If the video files are moved (or not there) they are still shown in the menus until video manager is run again to rescan for added videos.

If the system cannot find a menu item, it will just go back to the list after a very short time.

minik · 26th November 2009, 10:44 PM

Well it won't play the ISO's damn it it played them fine when I did them! Now I have lost all of my recorded tv as well! The files are all still there but nothing will show up in the recorded items list. What have I done wrong? The default folder for storage is /var/lib/mythtv/liverecordings/ other folders.
Why would mythtv stop playing them now? Why would it lose my recordings? They are there but they aren't listed within mythtv. Is there a log I could post here to help someone answer me?

FaNToM · 26th November 2009, 11:06 PM

Have you done anything to your database?

There could be a chance that some tables have become corrupted.

minik · 26th November 2009, 11:19 PM

Ok using the mythweb interface I did a repair and optimize of the database and presto my tv recorded programs came back

So now I am only back with the original problem of mythtv not playing my iso files. I have ISO's set to use default player. Command line is empty. Is the any lib I should check for? Is there anyway of seeing if mythtv has lost or got a corrupted playback codec for iso's? I get a flash of please wait then all I get is the wallpaper from my theme. Then after 5-7secs it puts me back to the screen for the file with play or done. I am sure it is finding them as I put one of them in the default mythtv folder with other avi's and it finds it but won't play it. I think it is missing a decoding piece of software and then hangs whilst it then realises it can't play and aborts. How do I test my theory?

minik · 27th November 2009, 12:05 AM

my mythfilldatabase stops with the following:

Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
use of uninitiated value foreach loop entry at /usr/bin/tv_grab_au line 3707.
use of uninitiated value foreach loop entry at /usr/bin/tv_grab_au line 3707.

it just hangs there, what should I do? does anyone understand this problem?

FaNToM · 27th November 2009, 7:34 AM

For your first problem check your mythtv logs. Usually located in /var/log or something. Mine are labelled mythbackend.log and mythfrontend.log and are located in /var/log/mythtv.

As for your second problem are you using shepherd as your grabber?

kreegor · 27th November 2009, 7:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FaNToM

As for your second problem are you using shepherd as your grabber?

Ahh yeah, you don't have to run mythfilldatabase when you exit the setup because shepherd is configured to do that automatically. You can select No or CTRL+C in the terminal window and it will be fine.

minik · 27th November 2009, 7:55 AM

Yes using shepherd so I will stop running mythfilldatabase when I exit backend.
I will also have a look through the logs later but I think I may have solved my problem anyway, Handbrake is now available for Ubuntu 9.10

I have been told by a few people that this is the program to use. I will rip them in mkv format with chapters. I ripped one last night and apart from not selecting chapters it worked fine. Mythtv found it and played it. What is the easiest way to change the meta tags for video files so mythtv can find the cover art etc? I ripped a movie with defaults in handbrake and the finished file is only 1.1gb.

minik · 27th November 2009, 8:16 PM

I have done some further reading and it seems the mythtv internal player won't recognise chapters. So I think I will rip all my dvd's to mkv and my music dvd's to iso if I can get them to play again. HHopefully in the future the internal player will play and recognise chapters within my mkv files.

minik · 9th December 2009, 9:19 PM

WOO HOO!!!! We are finally back up! I thought it was dead and buried

HyRax1 · 9th December 2009, 11:38 PM

We now resume normal programming.

jalyst · 10th December 2009, 12:34 AM

woah that was heavy...
hope they weren't screwed up too much by the L337 h4x0rs?!

other ed · 11th December 2009, 7:31 AM

I am giving mythbuntu 9.10 a go and found that channel nine wont work. I did the fix as per the wiki. That fix works perfectly for me using an older mythbuntu. With 9.10 I get partial lock when trying to view channel 9 or 90 or 99. Anyone else had / having this problem?? I'm in Sydney btw.

Also I prefer my old remote setup for the key bindings (think thats what its called). Is there a way to cut and paste my old bindings into my 9.10 version?? Where are the bindings kept anyway??

thanks

9th December 2009, 11:38 PM	#2278
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11th December 2009, 7:31 AM	#2280
other ed Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Sydney, South West. Posts: 548	I am giving mythbuntu 9.10 a go and found that channel nine wont work. I did the fix as per the wiki. That fix works perfectly for me using an older mythbuntu. With 9.10 I get partial lock when trying to view channel 9 or 90 or 99. Anyone else had / having this problem?? I'm in Sydney btw. Also I prefer my old remote setup for the key bindings (think thats what its called). Is there a way to cut and paste my old bindings into my 9.10 version?? Where are the bindings kept anyway?? thanks __________________ trades: kaspa_lee, bluedreamer, ccwd, Roscoe, silver6, dillusional, s3kemo, sheikhabe, Active Snail, AzNBoi, bYrd, Andres, vinnY, MiniDisc, vazzy, mr_nguyen, Squeezer, Fwoor, Jon187

26th November 2009, 3:12 PM	#2266
minik Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Tasmania Posts: 108	Thanks I will check the logs, where do I find them? Sorry I am still new to Ubuntu but I am slowly getting up to speed

26th November 2009, 10:44 PM	#2269
minik Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Tasmania Posts: 108	Well it won't play the ISO's damn it it played them fine when I did them! Now I have lost all of my recorded tv as well! The files are all still there but nothing will show up in the recorded items list. What have I done wrong? The default folder for storage is /var/lib/mythtv/liverecordings/ other folders. Why would mythtv stop playing them now? Why would it lose my recordings? They are there but they aren't listed within mythtv. Is there a log I could post here to help someone answer me?

26th November 2009, 11:06 PM	#2270
FaNToM Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Darwin Posts: 257	Have you done anything to your database? There could be a chance that some tables have become corrupted.

26th November 2009, 11:19 PM	#2271
minik Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Tasmania Posts: 108	Ok using the mythweb interface I did a repair and optimize of the database and presto my tv recorded programs came back So now I am only back with the original problem of mythtv not playing my iso files. I have ISO's set to use default player. Command line is empty. Is the any lib I should check for? Is there anyway of seeing if mythtv has lost or got a corrupted playback codec for iso's? I get a flash of please wait then all I get is the wallpaper from my theme. Then after 5-7secs it puts me back to the screen for the file with play or done. I am sure it is finding them as I put one of them in the default mythtv folder with other avi's and it finds it but won't play it. I think it is missing a decoding piece of software and then hangs whilst it then realises it can't play and aborts. How do I test my theory?

27th November 2009, 12:05 AM	#2272
minik Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Tasmania Posts: 108	my mythfilldatabase stops with the following: Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost use of uninitiated value foreach loop entry at /usr/bin/tv_grab_au line 3707. use of uninitiated value foreach loop entry at /usr/bin/tv_grab_au line 3707. it just hangs there, what should I do? does anyone understand this problem?

27th November 2009, 7:34 AM	#2273
FaNToM Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Darwin Posts: 257	For your first problem check your mythtv logs. Usually located in /var/log or something. Mine are labelled mythbackend.log and mythfrontend.log and are located in /var/log/mythtv. As for your second problem are you using shepherd as your grabber?

27th November 2009, 7:55 AM	#2275
minik Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Tasmania Posts: 108	Yes using shepherd so I will stop running mythfilldatabase when I exit backend. I will also have a look through the logs later but I think I may have solved my problem anyway, Handbrake is now available for Ubuntu 9.10 I have been told by a few people that this is the program to use. I will rip them in mkv format with chapters. I ripped one last night and apart from not selecting chapters it worked fine. Mythtv found it and played it. What is the easiest way to change the meta tags for video files so mythtv can find the cover art etc? I ripped a movie with defaults in handbrake and the finished file is only 1.1gb.

27th November 2009, 8:16 PM	#2276
minik Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Tasmania Posts: 108	I have done some further reading and it seems the mythtv internal player won't recognise chapters. So I think I will rip all my dvd's to mkv and my music dvd's to iso if I can get them to play again. HHopefully in the future the internal player will play and recognise chapters within my mkv files.

9th December 2009, 9:19 PM	#2277
minik Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Tasmania Posts: 108	WOO HOO!!!! We are finally back up! I thought it was dead and buried

10th December 2009, 12:34 AM	#2279
jalyst Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 648	woah that was heavy... hope they weren't screwed up too much by the L337 h4x0rs?!