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Installation issues / Re: Media Director Only Installation
« on: June 23, 2007, 01:52:18 am »
Right now as I understand it, the only way to have a media director is to have it net boot from the core.  I'm curious about the 15 minutes you're talking about.  Originally, the core has to create an O/S image for the MD, but once that happens, later boots are very quick.  The image loads over the network in less than a minute (considerably less in my case).

With lmce1.1b2 all you need to do to create a non pxe booted MD (ie one that does not boot from the Core you have already installed)  is to install the installer on the Kubuntu 7.04 machine you want to create as an MD and then run the installer. Make sure that this machine is on the same net (and has an IP  issued by the Cores dhcp) as the core and the installer will recognise that you already have an existing working Core and will offer you the option to install as a standalone MD... just say yes and your on your way! We have several MD setup this way and they work great (in fact the Kubuntu machine i am using to write this is such a machine)

Hope this is of some help

Andrew

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Installation issues / Re: Anyone know how to do an uninstall??
« on: June 23, 2007, 01:45:07 am »
Bobpaul....

SWEET!!!

nuf said.

Dan

That is a nice idea... but quite a complex process (although probably easy once you have the setup working)

An alternative that we use that is much simpler (but less flexible) is to use partimage to image the boot partition;

Use partimage to image a clean Kubuntu 7.04 install then install lmce and once you are happy with it do another partimage of the combined Kubuntu 7.04 + lmce. Now you have the possibility to reinstate your lmce installation if something goes wrong and get it back up and working as well as it was when you partimaged it. Alternatively you can use the Kubuntu 7.04 partimage file to quickly get back to a clean base install of the OS and either install lmce1.1b2 again... or maybe b3 when that arrives!

Regards

Andrew

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Now it's stuck at:

* Reloading /etc/samba/smb.conf                [ OK ]
* Running local boot scripts (/etc/rc.local)    [ OK ]
* Reloading /etc/samba/smb.conf                      _

This has not reached [ OK ] yet. Could my problem be related to Samba?



Do the following if on a Hybrid Core with a kde desktop;

Type Ctrl + Alt + 1 (ie hold them all down at the same time)

Then login using your username & password

Now navigate to the /etc/init.d directory by typing the following;

cd /etc/init.d/ <type return>

Now rename the file kdm.saved to kdm by typing;

sudo mv kdm.saved kdm <type return>
Enter your password at the prompt <type return>

now you need to reboot

Now when your system comes back up login and then you should either go straight to the KDE desktop or straight into the linux-mce Orbiter

....However is the machine that your experiencing this problem on is a PXE booted MM then this usually indicates that there is a problem with your xorg.conf and your video hardware is not being correctly configured and the xserver can't load. It then comes down to what your video hardware is as what you need to do to fix the problem.

Hopefully the above is helpful

Andrew

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Feature requests & roadmap / Re: Down with DishNetwork's DVR!
« on: June 17, 2007, 05:48:58 pm »
Well here in the UK we can easily record 20+ DVB-T standard digital terrestrial TV channels concurrently while watching 2-3 channels live and or playing a ripped DVD. Our Cores are typically 3Ghz Celeron's with 512mb-1Gb RAM and are typically based on i945 class motherboards. With this kind of level of activity at the core we typically see less than 30% processor usage. Obviously recording 30+ channels concurrently is not a likely scenario in normal domestic usage... but it gives you some metric on the capacity to load up a system.

Hope this helps

Andrew

Not sure what part of the planet you are from HugoLP, but in the US a satellite card won't work with our only 2 (small dish) satellite providers.  Not yet anyway, and not in Linux for some time I'm sure.

Sargenthp, you won't have any problems with most modern drives and 4 tuners simultaneously recording.  2 PVR-500s work just fine in standalone MythTV.  Actually I have 4 HD streams recording at the same time, that is probably as close to maximizing disk I/O as you can get without constant recording "blips"; every once in a while during fast moving scenes I do get "blips" when all 4 were recording at the same time.

What you will have problems with is how fast the system fills up :)

-Chad

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Installation issues / Re: Anyone know how to do an uninstall??
« on: June 17, 2007, 05:36:30 pm »
Hmmm... i have asked the same question of the developers. Unfortunately the answer is... there is no 'un-install' capability at present in lmce. I can understand why that might be as the roots of the lmce project are Pluto and since Pluto treated the hardware as essentially a 'blackbox' an uninstall capability was not seen as in anyway important. However now with lmce the scenario is different and of course at present an un-install capability would make testing the installer and another beta so much easier than it is at present.

Anyway we'll have to live without un-install for the time being I am afraid.

Andrew


I've reinstalled the Kubuntu way too many times... is there any way to uninstall linuxmce?
what all needs to be removed in order to do a fresh install on the same OS?
SQL Database, Myth Database?

I've tried re-installing on top, that's bad... :)

Thanks ahead of time,

Dan


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Installation issues / Re: UK & Ireland Users
« on: June 10, 2007, 12:15:46 pm »
My Microsoft MCE remote has stopped working though. If I unplug and then plug it back in it proceeds to recognise the remote and installs software and then mentions that the remote is disabled, any ideas? It was working fine until last night.

Try using Web Admin - Wizards -> Devices -> Media Directors to navigate to the Media director that has a non operational mce remote. Check that you have an MCE remote set up and also that the IR receiver is set to the correct type for your hardware (ie mce_usb2 for a plugin usb MS receiver). If they are both correct then I have found that deleting the remote and re-adding it again can sometimes fix this kind of problem.

Hope the above helps.

Andrew

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Users / Re: Media streaming
« on: June 09, 2007, 06:03:52 pm »
I think the last time i tried to have music playing in multiple rooms in the house, the audio was way out of sync (very annoying) and the audio would stop after the first song in the play list. Can anyone confirm it is functioning now?

I can confirm that that audio/video playback in multiple rooms is still (in our experience) not quite in sync... but better than it has ever been in earlier Pluto releases. However we still see playback fail after the first track in a playlist as you describe.

The other issue is I am not sure how multi-rrom playback is being achieved? Is it being achieved using multi cast streams?

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I'm a bit confused as to what happens if you install linux MCE. Some say its a complete OS, others disagree.

Can someone plz tell me a way to install linux MCE and still have a fully functioning (non-media) computer? Would I have to to a dual boot, where half was Kubuntu (with linuxMCE) and the other half straight ubuntu?

Or is it the the case where you can just load linuxMCE from kubuntu whenever you like, and completely shut it down when you're finished? Also there are some programs and drivers that I have working well on ubuntu feisty, is it likely that they will they work on Kubuntu as well?

You can install lmce in a number of different configurations that deliver different functionality. To get the configuration you describe is possible ie where lmce runs and you can switch back to the KDE desktop when you need to (we use that config). This config is a Core/Hybrid ie all the backend & frontend lmce services are running on the same machine under Kubuntu. In this type of config you can watch TV, Play DVD/CD etc using the lmce UI and also switch back to the kde desktop when you need to. This config can also act as the backend for other lmce client machines around your network but must also be your DHCP server to do this. The other lmce client machines on your network can then be setup in a number of ways to - they can be configured to network boot from the lmce Core/Hybrid (in which case when booted from your Core/Hybrid they have no kde desktop and lmce UI) or they can be booted from a local HD into Kubuntu and have the lmce UI running as a kde desktop app that you launch when you need it. Both these modes deliver the same functionality inside the lmce UI.

As to running ubuntu apps in kubuntu I think you will find that most will work ok... for example gparted the Gnome partioner app works fine under kde.

Hope this helps!

Andrew

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Users / Re: Question about Core and Media Directors
« on: May 29, 2007, 03:39:03 am »
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I'm in the UK so can I ask a question about HD? Why would you want to distribute them like this and secondly how many channels can a single card receive at the same time? I assume HD channels are mux'd like standard def or HD channels are here in Europe.

Cheers

Andrew
I'm not sure about what you mean by why would you want to distribute them like this, but I assume you are asking why the OP wants to have his media directors also be HD capture sources.  In that case it is likely do to cabling.  If they already have cables ran to various rooms in the house, then by having each media director be, in essence, a mythbackend, they can use multiple HD tuners without having to cram them all inside a single box; the upside is ease of having multiple HD sources, the major and obvious downside is that every machine must be configured, always on (when you expect them to be, or able to be remotely turned on at will).

One great alternative is the HDHomeRun which means no need to have every system in the house always on or to have multiple "backends" setup.  Instead 1 backend with several HDHomeRuns or even a single HDHomeRun to do 2 HD captures at the same time..

Your second part about how many channels are muxed, well just 1 in reality.  The stations here are a little new to the whole concept of multiplexing.  Instead of showing multiple shows on the sub channels, they offer 2 versions of the same show: SDTV and HDTV which usually just translates to 4:3 or 16:9 and either 480i or 1080i/720p  So, in general you need a tuner for every channel you want to watch as each station has it's own separate mux and show the same program on all of their mux's.

To say that visually:

Channel 2 is the analog version of 2.1
Channel 2 and 2.1 will show the same program, and if 2.2 exists it will show the same program in a lesser digital format (such as SDTV at 480i/4:3 ratio) while channel 2 will show the same thing but analog and 2.1 will show the HDTV 16:9 1080i with DD 5.1 surround of the same program.

Hope that helps.

-Chad

Hi Chad,

Ok I can understand the need to distribute your HD cards around your MD's if you each card is limited to a single channel like the old analog cards.

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Feature requests & roadmap / Re: Single NIC installation
« on: May 29, 2007, 12:33:11 am »
The thing to keep in mind is that this system was designed to be THE computing system in a house.  As such, it was assumed that the network for the home could be configured around it.  Actually, having two NICs and having your core act as your router for the devices attached to your LinuxMCE core makes a pretty nice sandbox to play with the system.  At least it does for me.  Jpelzer does bring up an excellent point in that DHCP can be utilized independently of the router (though I'm not sure LinuxMCE can do this right now).  I know Pluto gives the option of a single NIC install when the system is installed.  I guess the LinuxMCE developers removed that in the fork.  Is that correct?
 
To throw my $.02 in:

1) Pluto provided an opportunity for a single NIC install, so performing that with LinuxMCE should be fairly easy to do, but:
2) The PNP functionality of the LinuxMCE system is really neat, and I think important to expand the attractiveness of the system beyond the hardcore tinkerers who are playing with it now.
3) I respectfully disagree with Cryoniq that the voicemail, lighting, security features are not that important.  If I want just a media center with tv and video, I can use Myth and be done.  The strength of LinuxMCE/Pluto lies in the fact that it ties together all the disparate peices of hardware and software to create a cohesive system that makes sense and can allow control of a complex system through a (semi-intuitive) interface.  The fact that there are a lot of issues with the implementation still means that that is where the developers (I hope to be included) should spend their effort, as that is the true magic happens.

All our Core's are single NIC now... and we have no problems with that config under lmce at all. It works fine... no different to the way it did under Pluto in fact.

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Installation issues / Re: Too high resolution on startup
« on: May 27, 2007, 08:13:52 pm »
I've just installed Ubunto and LMCE, but when I reboot the resolution is too high for my screens, I've tried a screen that supports 1280x1024 resolution, but no luck with thatone either. Is there any way of lowering the startup-resolution?

If your getting out of range errors from your display I would suggest using lmce Web Admin to set the resolution/refresh to one that your screens can handle;

At Web Admin go to Wizards -> Devices -> Media Directors and select the 'Resolution & Refresh' button for the MD you want to set the resolution for. Now set the resolution/refresh to one you know your display is happy with and click ok, and then confirm this on the subsequent web admin screen once you have a good picture. If you have never run the AVwizard on this MD before you should now run that and set the same resolution/refresh again and step through the wizard to the end - otherwise everytim you restart your MD your resolution may get reset.

Hope this helps.

Andrew

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Nice setup instructions. They work nice.

One thing that bugs me is that after install, my network icon in the bar is gone. In that one there are the management for Wireless. So when installation is done, I specified it to connect to my wireless router and set it all, that is gone. And I cannot bring it up and choose my wireless network and specify authentication. Going under network part in system settings reveal that the settings I specified is altered by install. That bugs me a lot and need to be sorted out. That is NOT what I specified the install to do. I specified it to keep the settings for the wireless and use the ethernet card for other network.

So, how do I get my wireless controll back and the menu in the right down side of bar so I can choose wireless or wired config? Doesn't LMCE support wireless cards? Why did LMCE alter that and remove my wireless application?

When I now tried to alter the settings back and restarted, bootup stalls and a list appears with ypbind and .....
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and so on... hmm... I am about to break apart. This is ridiculous..

Hi,

Your lmce core really should be connected back to your router using a wired ethernet connection particularly if you are running the internal dhcp, streaming media from/to other devices on your network or network booting other MD's etc. Try switching back to a wired network connection - you may need to re-install to your installation though :-(

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Users / Re: Which TV Card?
« on: May 26, 2007, 04:44:24 pm »
The exact cards I am using are WinTV-NOVA-T-DVB-T 90003 LF (Rev C2B0)

If the dual 500 works I might invest in one of these, but it would be nice to see it working with these Nova-T's

Interested to hear about your setup DrACoNus - is that in the UK?  What High Def source are you using?

Mike

I own a wintv-nova-t-500 (the european dual turner) and there is a problem in the kernel with its drivers, that makes the kernel ops, and it might crash the system or it might make you quit the video aplication you are using. So right now and before a update is released is a no-way. Its a shame because its a good card, but not even the newest kernel solve this. Well have to wait a bit to use this card.

Hugo

We're using T500's without any problems & we have several Core's some with multiple T500 cards installed.

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Installation issues / Re: LMCE 1.1
« on: May 26, 2007, 09:09:51 am »
By the way I understand a new Beta is due soon...
I hear that. Unfortunately, I've got a MicroATX board with built-in video so I'll have to make it work. About 25% of the way through the installation now and I'm running into the network disconnect problems that were noted earlier. Hopefully the new beta will address some of these issues.

I can't wait to get this thing working!

The new 1.1 Beta 2 torrent is linked to from the lmce site now by the way. Maybe this will improved the nVidia problems everyone has had ;-)

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Users / Re: Question about Core and Media Directors
« on: May 26, 2007, 08:54:50 am »
I'm guessing by "HD cards" the poster is asking about ATSC (OTA hi definition) capture cards. If I understand correctly, this is something that is supported in Myth.  Essentially, you'd need to run a myth backend on each of the media directors.  The master backend running on the core would schedule the tuners.  One easier option that you should look at would be using the HdHomerun (http://www.silicondust.com/)  This device puts two HD tuners on the network.  This is supported by MythTV and lets you avoid having to string coax to each of your MDs.  You can stick it somewhere out of the way.  This would simplify your MD MythTV setup as well.

Your right! Sorry Brian... I misunderstood your post ;-) Thanks PeteK for pointing my mistake out!

I'm in the UK so can I ask a question about HD? Why would you want to distribute them like this and secondly how many channels can a single card receive at the same time? I assume HD channels are mux'd like standard def or HD channels are here in Europe.

Cheers

Andrew

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