[mythtv-users] MythTV Install

[Mike Perkins]

On 10/09/14 17:35, Thomas Mashos wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 9:24 AM, Richard Brook <byronf16 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Richard Brook <byronf16 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 2:09 AM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 6:44 AM, Richard Brook <byronf16 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> I recently had my Ubuntu 14.04 system crash. I did a clean install of
>>>>> 14.04
>>>>> again and then a clean install of MythTV. I have installed it
>>>>> successfully
>>>>> numerous times, in the past, from Terminal and Software Center, without
>>>>> issue.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now, whenever I try to install it, I run the back end and I get the
>>>>> message
>>>>> cannot connect to database, password not correct. I followed some
>>>>> advice and
>>>>> ran an msql command an reset the password to MythTV. I completed the
>>>>> back
>>>>> end config and proceeded to the frontend. There, I get an error that
>>>>> the
>>>>> frontend cannot connect to the back end. May be an IP issue. I never
>>>>> saw
>>>>> that before. I assume it should be 127.0.0.1, as that is the default.
>>>>>
>>>>> I did a purge of MythTV and reinstalled it. When it asked for the d
>>>>> password, I entered MythTV. When the install finished, I ran the Back
>>>>> end,
>>>>> and was greeted with the same screen asking what language to use,
>>>>> followed
>>>>> by the cannot connect to database error.
>>>>>
>>>>> What am I doing wrong?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> sudo dpkg-reconfigure mythtv-database (answer "yes")
>>>>
>>>> sudo dpkg-reconfigure mythtv-common (answers: mythconverg, mythtv,
>>>> mythtv, your eth0 address)
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I say choose a password that makes sense and you can remember.
>>>> Your mythtv system isn't accessible from the internet anyway is it?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Well - Everything seems to be working well in Mythbuntu. My GUI displays
>>> full screen on my HDTV but the video from LiveTV or Recordings display in a
>>> square area in the center of the display. If I go to the Video Setup menu
>>> and choose Separate the GUI and Playback, what should I change the
>>> parameters to to make use of the rest of my 50" display? I have played
>>> around with this in the past and ended up with the GUI being too large and
>>> cut off on the edges.
>>>
>>> I normally output to my HDTV at 1080p.
>>
>>
>> I was able to go into the Frontend setup, Appearance,  and choose Separate
>> GUI and Playback. The default was 640x480. I set both to 1920x1080. The GUI
>> size was still OK. When watching LiveTV, the width is using the entire width
>> of the TV screen although it is shorter on the top and bottom a little.
>>
>> The problem now is that when I hit ESC and exit MythTV, my Desktop
>> resolution was reset to 640x480. I had to open the Nvidia Control Panel and
>> change it back to 1920x1080. How do I keep that from happening?
>>
>
> Just dug into the settings a bit further. I would check the video
> playback settings "Setup > Video > Playback", particularly screen 2 of
> 8. Check your scaling, displacement and aspect override settings.
>
Don't forget your TV in all this. It may have a setup option, something like 
"Game Mode" or "Exact PC Size" or something like that. That can make the 
difference if you are either losing pixels round the edge or have a border that 
ought not be there.

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Mike Perkins