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#1
Users / Re: Zoom not working in 12.04?
October 04, 2014, 07:21:43 AM
Output is xv, I've tried .mpg, .mp4, .avi and .mkv.  All the same, aspect ratio works but zoom has no effect both on my ipad and the onscreen orbiter.
#2
Users / Zoom not working in 12.04?
September 30, 2014, 09:07:44 AM
New install of 12.04.  When viewing video the zoom no longer works.  I can change aspect but clicking the zoom buttons does nothing.  Is this a known issue or something I can fix?
#3
Users / New Build Graphics Card Recommendation
September 29, 2014, 06:56:22 PM
OK, after fighting with my old hardware, I've just gotten new hardware.

For a Hybrid Core I'm using a Dell Optiplex i7, 32GB RAM, but I need to know what graphics card I should get that will allow problem free HDMI with audio.  I plan on running 12.04.

Any help would be appreciated.

Edit:  If it's pertinent, I don't use a receiver, just HDMI straight into my LED TV.
#4
Installation issues / Re: HDMI Audio AC3 Problem
September 26, 2014, 06:32:01 PM
asound.conf
</etc/pluto/alsa/virtual_cards.conf>

pcm_slave.hdmi_convert48k {
        pcm "plughw:0,3"
        rate 48000
}

pcm.hdmi_playback {
        type plug
        slave hdmi_convert48k
}

pcm.asym_hdmi {
        type asym
        playback.pcm "hdmi_playback"
        capture.pcm "plughw:0,3"
}

pcm.!default asym_hdmi



xine.conf (last lines, i'm assuming those are the ones you care about)

audio.device.alsa_front_device:plughw:0,3
audio.device.alsa_default_device:plughw:0,3
audio.output.speaker_arrangement:Stereo 2.0
#5
Installation issues / HDMI Audio AC3 Problem
September 26, 2014, 03:26:06 PM
I've been fighting this thing for days.  I have an NVidia chipset with HDMI on board.  Running 10.04 Hybrid.  Going through the A/V wizard I get no sound when using HDMI but if I continue through the wizard anyway, I get audio when I play music/video EXCEPT when I play anything that uses AC3 encoding.

aplay -L output:
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
front:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC888 Analog
    Front speakers
surround40:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC888 Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC888 Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC888 Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC888 Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC888 Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC888 Digital
    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 0
    HDMI Audio Output


aplay -l output:
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 1: ALC888 Digital [ALC888 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0


Any idea what I need to do?
#6
Installation issues / Where do I find 'Sound Preferences'?
September 26, 2014, 08:36:22 AM
So I'm trying to get HDMI audio working per the wiki instructions.  Everything is fine until this part:

Then select 'HDA NVidia NVIDIA HDMI (ALSA)' as output for all items in 'Sound Prefrences' and select 'HDA NVidia (Alsa mixer)' as the mixer.

Where do I find 'Sound Preferences'? 
#7
Users / apt-get upgrade problem
September 25, 2014, 02:47:09 AM
When I run apt-get upgrade, I get the following output:
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 141528 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace bash 4.1-2ubuntu3 (using .../bash_4.1-2ubuntu3.1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement bash ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/bash_4.1-2ubuntu3.1_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/bin/sh', which is also in package dash 0:0.5.5.1-3ubuntu2
update-alternatives: using /usr/share/man/man7/bash-builtins.7.gz to provide /usr/share/man/man7/builtins.7.gz (builtins.7.gz) in auto mode.
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/bash_4.1-2ubuntu3.1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


A search on the internet hasn't yielded anything that has worked.  Any suggestions?
#8
Installed fine, AV Wizard came up, setup fine with HDMI, system was running well..... and then.

I did an apt-get update then apt-get upgrade, restart and black screen.
#9
Users / Re: Core continually "finds" hard drive.
July 04, 2013, 05:09:41 PM
Thank you for the reply.

I do not see the notification while playing media.  As to the disk size, during the install I just chose the option to use the entire 2TB disk in the system.  As my system consists of the Hybrid which I rarely watch media on and one MD with half a dozen zwave light controls, I've never seen any performance problems so I've never bothered to explore speed optimization.
#10
Users / Core continually "finds" hard drive.
July 04, 2013, 03:57:31 AM
New install of 10.04, One hybrid core, one MD.  Everything runs fine except about every 15 minutes I get the box in the upper left corner of my core that says "Done installing device.... /sda1 1.81TB etc" for the hard drive that it's installed on.

Any suggestions?
#11
Users / 1004??
October 07, 2011, 07:37:14 PM
How stable is 1004 for playing movies only?  I'm not ready to roll out any other features but would like to fire it up just to play video for now.  I have a couple of Asus B202's that I use for MD's.

Also, is this installation guide up to date?  http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Installing_1004

Thanks
#12
Reinstall seems to have fixed it.
#13
Yes, when I found the wiki, I did check the sources.list and avenard was not listed.  I'm currently doing a complete reinstall.
#14
The error in the wiki article that I linked is my exact error.

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
pluto-mythtv-player: PreDepends: mythtv-backend but it is not going to be installed
                    PreDepends: mythtv-frontend but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
#### Package pluto-mythtv-player failed (/tmp/tmp.lFSpF13245) - We wait 10sec and try again - to stop retrying press Ctrl-C.


Retrying yields and endless loop of the same error.
#15
Installation issues / Diskless image creation problem.
October 05, 2011, 11:21:35 PM
New install of 8.10 release.  When I run Diskless_CreateTBZ.sh I have the problem listed here: http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Error_Running_Diskless_CreateTBZ.sh

The wiki article says the solution doesn't apply anymore as avenard isn't used.

Any suggestions?