[gentoo-user] Re: Hints on setting up mythweb?
On 2009-09-23, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Grant Edwards grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com wrote: On 2009-09-23, Grant Edwards grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com wrote: SNIP And it failed. ??Mythbackend doesn't seem to know where to put the recorded files... Bitten again by permissions. ??I forgot to set the ownership of the /myth directory to be the mythtv user. ??I'm happily recording after making sure that mythbackend could write to the directory where I told it to store recordings. I still need to hook up the second tuner in my HDHomerun. ??I swear there must be at least a half-dozen 2-way RF splitters in the house, but can I _find_ one when I need one I have my permissions on the video storage directory set to mythtv:video IIRC. That's what I decided on. That was straight out of the Gentoo Wiki stuff somewhere. Yup -- except that it says to use mythtv:mythtv, instead of mythtv:video. I missed that step somehow. I got burned by it this week when my USB storage drive failed and I had to replace it with an old 1394 drive. The error message you see in the backend log is truely cryptic. Instead of saying it didn't have permission to create file /myth/tv/whatever.mpg, you get some bizarre message about a very long, apparently unrelated URL not being local or not be found or something like that. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Are we THERE yet? at My MIND is a SUBMARINE!! visi.com
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Hints on setting up mythweb?
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 7:37 AM, Grant Edwards grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com wrote: On 2009-09-23, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Grant Edwards grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com wrote: On 2009-09-23, Grant Edwards grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com wrote: SNIP And it failed. ??Mythbackend doesn't seem to know where to put the recorded files... Bitten again by permissions. ??I forgot to set the ownership of the /myth directory to be the mythtv user. ??I'm happily recording after making sure that mythbackend could write to the directory where I told it to store recordings. I still need to hook up the second tuner in my HDHomerun. ??I swear there must be at least a half-dozen 2-way RF splitters in the house, but can I _find_ one when I need one I have my permissions on the video storage directory set to mythtv:video IIRC. That's what I decided on. That was straight out of the Gentoo Wiki stuff somewhere. Yup -- except that it says to use mythtv:mythtv, instead of mythtv:video. I missed that step somehow. I suspect this might have been on the MythTV site but I don't really remember now. I got burned by it this week when my USB storage drive failed and I had to replace it with an old 1394 drive. The error message you see in the backend log is truely cryptic. Instead of saying it didn't have permission to create file /myth/tv/whatever.mpg, you get some bizarre message about a very long, apparently unrelated URL not being local or not be found or something like that. Sounds familiar. Glad you got it all running. cheers, Mark
[gentoo-user] Re: Hints on setting up mythweb?
On 2009-09-23, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Grant Edwards grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com wrote: Does anybody know of any up-to-date instructions on how to set up mythweb on Gentoo? I've tried following the instructions at http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/MythWeb but they appear to be obsolete. Mythweb doesn't install in the location mentioned in the instructions and commands it says to add to the lighttpd config file aren't recognized: 2009-09-22 20:57:13: (log.c.157) server started 2009-09-22 20:57:13: (server.c.920) WARNING: unknown config-key: setenv.add-environment (ignored) There were a couple steps missing from the instructions on the wiki page above: including mod_setenv in the lighttpd config and making the mythweb data directory writable. I've updated the page and it should now be current. The other problem was that I botched one of the steps and put some PHP commands in the wrong include file. I have it installed and running, although it's been a while since I installed it. There were a number of problems with all of the instructions I found, but I eventually found answers. What happens in your case if you attempt to access MythWeb? In my case I do http://192.168.1.61/mythweb/ from my Windows desktop and I get the app. It's working now. :) Now all that's left to do is set up my Mac Mini diskless frontend [It's actually got a hard drive in it, but it's not used and will be spun down] and pulling some network cables. To get the frontend and backend any further apart you'd have to move one of them to a neighbors house, so the cable pulling is going to be a bit of work. It should start recording any second... And it failed. Mythbackend doesn't seem to know where to put the recorded files... -- Grant
[gentoo-user] Re: Hints on setting up mythweb?
On 2009-09-23, Grant Edwards grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com wrote: It's working now. :) Now all that's left to do is set up my Mac Mini diskless frontend [It's actually got a hard drive in it, but it's not used and will be spun down] and pulling some network cables. To get the frontend and backend any further apart you'd have to move one of them to a neighbors house, so the cable pulling is going to be a bit of work. It should start recording any second... And it failed. Mythbackend doesn't seem to know where to put the recorded files... Bitten again by permissions. I forgot to set the ownership of the /myth directory to be the mythtv user. I'm happily recording after making sure that mythbackend could write to the directory where I told it to store recordings. I still need to hook up the second tuner in my HDHomerun. I swear there must be at least a half-dozen 2-way RF splitters in the house, but can I _find_ one when I need one -- Grant
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Hints on setting up mythweb?
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Grant Edwards grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com wrote: On 2009-09-23, Grant Edwards grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com wrote: SNIP And it failed. Mythbackend doesn't seem to know where to put the recorded files... Bitten again by permissions. I forgot to set the ownership of the /myth directory to be the mythtv user. I'm happily recording after making sure that mythbackend could write to the directory where I told it to store recordings. I still need to hook up the second tuner in my HDHomerun. I swear there must be at least a half-dozen 2-way RF splitters in the house, but can I _find_ one when I need one I have my permissions on the video storage directory set to mythtv:video IIRC. Ghat was straight out of the Gentoo Wiki stuff somewhere. I got burned by it this week when my USB storage drive failed and I had to replace it with an old 1394 drive. - Mark
