[mythtv-users] UPDATE: New machine, transferring over

[Ryan Steffes]

On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 11:47:16 -0400, Isaac Richards <ijr at po.cwru.edu> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Friday 08 October 2004 11:20 am, Ryan Steffes wrote:
> > Ok moving the mythbackend to a new machine wasn't really any more
> > difficult than getting it to work the first time.  I only ran into a
> > couple issues that aren't fully resolved that seemed directly related
> > to moving machines.
> >
> > 1.  Green lines (Fixed, I think)
> >      This one seems to be directly related to interlacing.  Setting it
> > to "Bob" interlacing on playback fixed this.  The problem was that the
> > picture alternated with flickering green lines which made the picture
> > unwatchable.  I still don't know the direct cause, but like I said
> > changing interlacing on playback fixed it.  I have no filters set for
> > any channel.  I have not done a nuvexport to see if the greenlines
> > reapper in the mpg.
> >
> >
> > 2. Changing hostname
> >     This seemed easier to tackle by simply updating the field
> > "hostname" in a couple tables rather than following the directions in
> > the documentation.
> >
> > 3.  Forward not forwarding
> >     Couldn't think of a concise way to describe this.  Haven't tested
> > fully, but on old recordings it has a weird issue where pressing
> > either right or left BOTH take you back in time, apparently randomly.
> > It's like it loses track of where it is in the show.  Need to do more
> > testing with logging on the frontend to try and isolate this.  It
> > doesn't seem to have this problem for new recordings.
> >
> > 4. Commercial Flagging
> >     It doesn't seem to be skipping commercials on old recordings.
> > This could be related to issue 3.
> >
> >
> >
> > Other than that there were just a few things to remember to do, like
> > change permissions to the correct user on the new machine and set
> > mythweb to look at the new database on the new machine.  I'm very
> > happy with how easily it moved over, although it did remind me how
> > much effort a completely fresh install can take to set up!
> 
> Both 3 and 4 are because you didn't follow the instructions in the docs for
> step 2.
> 
> Isaac
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I'll take your word for, but can you tell me what the logical difference is?