Category Archives: MythTV

Long time fan of MythTV an amazing open source DVR.

Quick DVD Backup to ISO on Linux

I often want an easy command line way to easily backup a standard definition (non-BlueRay) DVD to and ISO image.  The command line is nice because I can do it remotely on an idle MythTV Frontend machine and can copy the … Continue reading

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Ubuntu LIRC Setup

  Good Instructions https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallLirc/Gutsy Command I keep forgetting:  sudo dpkg-reconfigure lirc

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All In One URC 6131n

Most of this is pulled from http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/  Install Modules  Code: yum install lirc-kmdl-$KVER  yum install lirc Check if eveything is there:  Code: $ rpm -qa | grep lirc  lirc-devices-0.7.0-1.rhfc4.at  lirc-kmdl-2.6.12-1.1447_FC4-0.7.2-48.rhfc4.at  lirc-0.7.2-48.rhfc4.at  lirc-lib-0.7.2-48.rhfc4.at modprobe.conf  Code: ## TSP   For Serial Port 1  alias … Continue reading

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HD Channels

  Tuning HD Channels  Scan for Channels atscscan us-Cable-Standard-center-frequencies-QAM256  store results to chan.conf Tune Channels  azap -r -c chan.conf {channel number}  cat /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 | mplayer -vo xv -ao alsa – OR  cat /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 | mplayer -vo xv -ao alsa -vid … Continue reading

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Programming the All In One URC 6131n

These are the steps that I followed to get my remote to work.  1. Copy the lircd.conf file to /etc/lircd.conf.  2. Load in the lirc modules and start lircd.  3. Decide which button to assign on the remote for MythTV. … Continue reading

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Ubuntu Sound Muted by Default

  amixer set Master 100% unmute amixer set PCM 100% unmute 

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Show Import Utility: mythnettv

  http://www.stillhq.com/mythtv/mythnettv/     Samples sudo ionice -c3 mythnettv –nocommflag importlocal The.Office.S05E19.avi The.Office The.Office.S05E19 The.Office.Season.2   sudo ionice -c3 mythnettv –nocommflag importmanylocal ./ ".*.avi" "Fifth.Gear"   sudo ionice -c3 tsp/mythnettv/mythnettv –nocommflag importlocal "Curb Your Enthusiasm – 3×02 – The Benadryl … Continue reading

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Mythbuntu 9.04 Clean Install

  Normal install No proprietary drivers   No LIRC If not fonts on boot try this   Configure LIRC sudo dpkg-reconfigure lirc Select Home-brew (16×50 UART compatible serial port) Set serial port sudo apt-get install setserial sudo dpkg-reconfigure setserial Choose manual Modify … Continue reading

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Mythbuntu Does not render Fonts

  Update xorg.conf: Section "Device" Identifier "Configured Video Device" Option "DRI" "off" EndSection

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Hangs during shutdown (CIFS VFS)

To fix it, I just moved the unmounting before the network shutdown in the shutdown list. Here is how: Change directory to /etc/rc6.d and list it's contents. Code: cd /etc/rc6.d ls -la You are looking for S#wpa-ifupdown and S#umountnfs.sh. wpa-ifupdown's … Continue reading

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