MySQL Authentication Woes – MythTVDB and XBMC
Well, this little issue hit me with a brief feeling of deja-vu. It is the exact same trouble that I faced trying to get Nessus security scanner frontend to write data to a MySQL database. I don’t know when exactly it changed, but new versions of MySQL writes passwords in a hashed table (and perhaps a new location, too) so that older apps trying to connect simply cannot read (or find) the password to authenticate the transaction. In other words, the biggest issue I was having with the XBMCMythTV script was this authentication issue. And that was only after finding the sneaky place that Mythbuntu recorded the actual password in the first place! The setup never asked me to assign one–it just popped a random password on the MySQL mythtv...
MythTV – Final Wrap Up
I’m very happy with MythTV up to this point. It is no where near as fragile as I feared it might be–in fact, it seems to be quite robust. A recent power outage knocked its pins out from under it, but by the time I checked, the machine was already back up and running. Part of that is the BIOS setting “Last State on Power Restore,” but if the software wasn’t up to the task no hardware setting is going to help. Which reminds me, I need to get a separate UPS for all of these machines that will form the backbone of my home network. I found this website for refurbished APC units, that has great prices, but will add shipping charges. However, for the savings on some of the larger models, those fees would be negligible. For the 300VA...
MythTV – Storage Groups and Linux Hard Drives
Last night completed the second to the last step of my Mythbuntu adventure: Adding in the second hard drive. Well, this would all be easier if I wasn’t trying to do it so low rent. Right now in the Myth box there is only 512MB of RAM and two 40GB Western Digital Hard drives. After everything is setup that only gives me about 65-ish GB for video recording. Not alot, but not great either–right around 40 hours of recording space. So, I should get a larger hard drive… Well, when I do, I’ll have to repeat this same process. Obviously, first one has to install the hardware and make sure that the BIOS can see it. If you don’t have this, you don’t have anything. Now to the Linux part: Partition –...
MythTV Update – MPlayer works, IRC Support isn’t, and Wireless
Just a quick update: I can watch TV through MPlayer now. Now that I have all of the IVTV drivers installed correctly, it is a simple matter of opening a terminal and telling MPlayer to access that device: mplayer /dev/video0 But I still can’t get LiveTV inside Myth. And when I tell it to record, it starts a .NUV file, but the size never grows (stays around 9K or 12K). So, in other words, Myth simply isn’t accessing the PVR-350 correctly. Naturally I tried to get on IRC for some help, but in the mythbuntu channel there were 40 people all idling–no one responded. In the main mythtv channel a user named “dustybin” responded and was helpful, but had never used a PVR-350 or Mythbuntu. During time I was working on this,...
First Problems – Mythbuntu on PVR-350
[photopress:denon_cable.jpg,full,centered] Maybe I need one of these. Yes, if you click on the link, Denon really wants $500.00 for an ethernet cable. And while you’re there, read the reviews–they are hilarious. I particularly liked the one about this cable can expand the digital range beyond just the pedestrian zeros and ones–this cable can do TWOs, BABY!!! Anyway. Mythbuntu installed fine–except for one small issue. I may be missing it, but after two or three installs, I have never seen an initial IP configuration during setup. I always have stop the Myth Setup, manually configure a static IP address, and then restart Myth. More annoying than anything, but this would be a real show stopper to a true tyro. None the...
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