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

Ryan Steffes rbsteffes at gmail.com
Fri Oct 8 17:47:54 UTC 2004


On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 13:08:17 -0400, Ryan Steffes <rbsteffes at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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?
> 


I just tried it both ways, although I'm not at home to test it.  The
only change there seems to be between the two methods is in the
settings table where some settings had the hostname "NULL".  So what's
the real difference between one way and the other that would cause it
lose track of time?


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