[mythtv-users] MythTV Install

Richard Brook byronf16 at gmail.com
Thu Sep 11 15:47:18 UTC 2014


On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk>
wrote:

> 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.
>
> --
>
> Mike Perkins
>
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