[mythtv-users] Migration to MythDora 4.0 (video4linux question)

[Lan Barnes]

On Wed, May 9, 2007 5:37 am, Peter A. Daly wrote:
> On 5/8/07, Scott Blachowicz <scott+mythtv at sabami.seaslug.org> wrote:
>
>> 1) Make sure all of my myth content stuff is on my 2 big drives. 2)
Make backup copies of /etc (and others) to my 2 big drives.
>> 3) Replace my 40GB boot drive with a different drive I've got laying
around.
>> 4) Install MythDora 4.0 on that replacement boot drive.
>> 5) Figure out how to get my existing myth content & db hooked into the
new
>>    MythDora 4.0 install. (and do it :))
>
>
> Here's how to migrate the DB:
> http://www.mythpvr.com/mythtv/tips/migrate-recordings.html
>
> Although not related to this question, I'll have a video of the install
process out next week on mythpvr.com.  It's mostly done, but I need to redo
> the captures since the some of the screens were significantly upgraded
from
> the early beta version I used.
>
> I'm very impressed with the improvements in the install process since
3.X.
>

I downloaded the 4.0 ISO last night ... thanks to everyone who made it
possible. I'm planning to upgrade this weekend ... I think.

I am continuing to have ripping problems on DVDs. I corrected the
permission problems on the temp and target directories, so now it says
it's starting the rip, but after less than a minute it quits. Here is the
mtd.log entry:

20:31:51: launching job: job dvd 1 1 -1 0 -1
/data/myth/dvd/video/HIGH_SCHOOL_MUS - Title 1
20:31:51: Using DVD source: /dev/dvd
20:31:51: ISO DVD image copy to: /data/myth/dvd/video/HIGH_SCHOOL_MUS -
Title 1_001of
20:32:38: Error: DVDISOCopyThread dvd device read error
20:32:39: job failed: job dvd 1 1 -1 0 -1
/data/myth/dvd/video/HIGH_SCHOOL_MUS - Title 1

I'm guessing it may be a dcss failure, but that's a newbie stab.

Anyway, my inclination is to abandon troubleshooting this until I've done
the 3.2 -> 4.0 upgrade because my problem may go away.

My real question is, what does this mean to me?

>     *** PVR-x50/500 users may experience problems with ivtv if
> video4linux
>         is installed. Do not install this unless you have too.

According to the MythDora 3.2 rpm database, I have installed:

[root at xena lbarnes]# got video4linux
video4linux-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2257.fc5smp-20061107-77.fc5.at
video4linux-20061107-77.fc5.at

My capture cards are a pair of pvr-150s.

Should I not upgrade?

TIA,

-- 
Lan Barnes

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