My 14.04 Installation has proven to be very usable in spite of some persistent minor issues. In each case I have reviewed the wiki as well as explored the installation in order to troubleshoot. I hope that I am not posting too much; my intention is to ask the community only were I am unable to flush out solutions on my own. I completely accept that LMCE is a project rather than a product, and that figuring things out is part of the fun. Solutions and clues equally welcome in response to my questions.
My current issues are as follows:
1. Mythfrontend does not save settings. I have changed a few things in the front end, in particular the scaling of the video image as negative percents. These parameters are not saved, even when I exit the frontend setup gracefully.
2. Cannot install a Logitech Quickcam. There is a wiki page for this here:
http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Logitech_QuickCam_Sphere
I followed the instructions, substituting "**PWC Camera Drivers" for "PWC Camera Drivers" in the instructions. Only the ** version appeared in the dropdown when building the device template. The motion wrapper seems to work fine: I get a grey square with some text overlayed when I choose the camera in the Security scenario. The LED on the camera does not illuminate, as it did when I have this same camera connected to my old 810 installation. I think this means that the camera driver is not working.
3. The system has still not discovered my Denon 2307 receiver over RS-232. The discovery script does not seem to be running. How can I initiate it? As indicated by Phenigma in an earlier post, there is a question about the syntax in the discovery script, assuming that I can get the script to run again.
Thanks,
CDM
Looking up the camera model number on the Logitech support site, it is a QuickCam Pro 3000. Again, I had this working under 810.
Thanks,
CDM
Quote from: cafedumonde on August 26, 2016, 12:58:01 AM
1. Mythfrontend does not save settings. I have changed a few things in the front end, in particular the scaling of the video image as negative percents. These parameters are not saved, even when I exit the frontend setup gracefully.
Ensure that auto configuration is turned off for mythtv, lots of the scripting is broken and may be over-writing your settings.
Quote from: cafedumonde on August 26, 2016, 12:58:01 AM
2. Cannot install a Logitech Quickcam. There is a wiki page for this here:
http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Logitech_QuickCam_Sphere
I followed the instructions, substituting "**PWC Camera Drivers" for "PWC Camera Drivers" in the instructions. Only the ** version appeared in the dropdown when building the device template. The motion wrapper seems to work fine: I get a grey square with some text overlayed when I choose the camera in the Security scenario. The LED on the camera does not illuminate, as it did when I have this same camera connected to my old 810 installation. I think this means that the camera driver is not working.
The PWC driver was discontinued in 2006 and has failed to build since 1004.
Quote from: cafedumonde on August 26, 2016, 12:58:01 AM
3. The system has still not discovered my Denon 2307 receiver over RS-232. The discovery script does not seem to be running. How can I initiate it? As indicated by Phenigma in an earlier post, there is a question about the syntax in the discovery script, assuming that I can get the script to run again.
I'd forgotten about that. With a quick second look I think the scripts are okay logic wise, although have a strange use of $?. Perhaps you can create a issue in gitlab with your findings from the scripts so far. I can then see what I get from my Denon.
J.
Phenigma,
Thanks for the reply. Follow ups are as follows:
1. How do I turn off auto configure for mythfrontend? Is there a wiki reference?
2. I found another webcam, which is a Cisco branded camera, though it exactly looks like one of the later Logitech models. It is working.
3. I am happy to create an issue in gitlab. How do I do it?
CDM
Updates...
1. I found the checkbox for the MythTV plugin under Advanced > Configuration > Devices in WebAdmin. I think this has done the trick.
2. Webcam issue solved with new camera. It would be great to know if there is another driver for the Logitech QuickCam Pro 3000. I have a few of these.
3. Just created issue #2700 in GitHub.
Thanks to all.
CDM
Great stuff! Have you done a search for a newer PWC driver at all?
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Yes, I looked. It seems that here is one out there but I haven't tried one. I plugged the QuickCam into my laptop, which is running Ubuntu 1604 and it works fine with VLC. It is a project for another day.
CDM