Re: media centre build

2010-04-18 Thread bryn mitchell
This is all good info Chris. Thanks. Two things I failed to ask is what type of remote do you use and does MythTV have all those tricky things as found on a commercial DVR such as the record and view the same show function (after you have used the pause function to go and get a beer from the fri

RE: ubuntu-au Digest, Vol 50, Issue 34

2010-04-18 Thread Steve Pagratis
Hi Karl, Nice post. I myself have been rather busy and havent read any posts, so reading yours (the first in 2 weeks or more) saddened me a little as I hope the ubuntu community in aus doesn't die before it even lived. Looking at some of your comments I get the impression people are needed for ma

Re: media centre build

2010-04-18 Thread Chris Debenham
I previously used a Microsoft MCE remote (works out of the box) but recently moved to using a PS3 bluetooth remote so I don't need line-of-sight. And yes, MythTV can record and play the same show. Easiest way to go is just watch LiveTV and at any time you can press pause. In the background myt

Re: Ongoing Ubuntu-AU debate.

2010-04-18 Thread Dave Hall
On Mon, 2010-04-19 at 11:48 +1000, Andre Mangan wrote: > > "Watch the door on the way out." > > You call that respectful, Dave? Seems like arrogance and insulting to > me. Definitely not in keeping with the CoC. Where are the > moderators? I thought it was quite appropriate in the circumstanc

Re: Ongoing Ubuntu-AU debate.

2010-04-18 Thread Andre Mangan
"Watch the door on the way out." You call that respectful, Dave? Seems like arrogance and insulting to me. Definitely not in keeping with the CoC. Where are the moderators? Andre On 19 April 2010 11:32, Dave Hall wrote: > On Mon, 2010-04-19 at 09:30 +1000, Tony "H.G" Candito wrote: > > I've

Re: Ongoing Ubuntu-AU debate.

2010-04-18 Thread Dave Hall
On Mon, 2010-04-19 at 09:30 +1000, Tony "H.G" Candito wrote: > I've spoken to a a bunch of people through email last week & this > week, including a few people who contacted me off-list regarding a > response I made RE: ACC. > Most of them are so tired of banging their heads again the wall thy > ca

Re: Ongoing Ubuntu-AU debate.

2010-04-18 Thread Karl Bowden
Hi everybody. Yes I am top posting. This is not in response to any particular comment or person. I make this post very reluctantly and have not contributed to the fire yet as it's all so draining and I really don't have the time for debates that I just don't have a strong enough opinion on. I ins

Re: Ongoing Ubuntu-AU debate.

2010-04-18 Thread Andrew Gaydon
Dave, I will defend my integrity. You have quoted a thread from March, in which there was a general discussion about Ubuntu-au Governance. This was the actual thread about the 'PROPOSAL' https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-au/2010-April/005957.html Yes we are wasting our energy lets move

Re: Ongoing Ubuntu-AU debate.

2010-04-18 Thread Dave Hall
On Mon, 2010-04-19 at 08:20 +1000, Andrew Gaydon wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 8:58 PM, Melissa Draper > wrote: > On Sun, 2010-04-18 at 20:18 +1000, Cary Bielenberg wrote: > > This will be my last response as per your wishes Jared, I am > saddened > > that you

Re: Ongoing Ubuntu-AU debate.

2010-04-18 Thread Tony "H.G" Candito
I've spoken to a a bunch of people through email last week & this week, including a few people who contacted me off-list regarding a response I made RE: ACC. Most of them are so tired of banging their heads again the wall thy can't even be bothered voicing things anymore, they're just over it. A fe

Re: Ongoing Ubuntu-AU debate.

2010-04-18 Thread Andrew Gaydon
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 8:58 PM, Melissa Draper wrote: > On Sun, 2010-04-18 at 20:18 +1000, Cary Bielenberg wrote: > > This will be my last response as per your wishes Jared, I am saddened > > that you and Melissa stifle change, you misquote the code of conduct > > to server your own needs. I gues

Re: media centre build

2010-04-18 Thread Chris Debenham
On 18 April 2010 21:57, bryn mitchell wrote: > Thanks Chris. > What OS and Multi Media applications do you use. I run MythTV on mythbuntu (http://mythbuntu.org/) > Do you; * access the Internet - yes - via mythnet * burn media (such as TV shows) to DVD - yes, via 'mythBurn' which integrates into

Re: media centre build

2010-04-18 Thread Hugo Do Nascimento
I also was thinking about building a media center with linux or buying a mac mini. At the end, a friend showed me a WDTV. It costs about U$100, runs linux inside and does not demand much energy. I bought one and I am using it with an external USB HD. Check the link: http://www.wdc.com/en/products

Re: Medibuntu

2010-04-18 Thread Jared Norris
Simon, Same here, might be related to an update for Lucid or something? I have only just noticed it tonight so in my experience waiting a until morning usually solves the problem. It might be syncing or something at the moment. Well that's my plan anyway, if anyone else has any information they'd

Medibuntu

2010-04-18 Thread Simon Ives
Hi all. I'm having difficulty connecting to medibuntu via apt tonight and was wondering if anyone else is having the same issue or whether I should start troubleshooting elsewhere? Regards. Simon Ives. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinf

Re-approval application for Ubuntu-Au

2010-04-18 Thread Melissa Draper
Greetings LoCo Council, Please accept this email as our attendance for our re-approval meeting as per discussion with Laura and Alan. The Australian Team Mailing List is copied in so that they may be involved in this process. Our re-approval application wiki page is https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Austral

Re: question re mobile internet connection

2010-04-18 Thread Jared Norris
Good evening, All this talk of wireless broadband devices has made me realise this is a big thing that affects a lot of people (I am also considering a wireless option myself). As a result I have set up a wiki on the Ubuntu-AU wiki and can be found at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Wirel

Re: media centre build

2010-04-18 Thread bryn mitchell
Thanks Chris. What OS and Multi Media applications do you use. Do you; access the Internet, burn media (such as TV shows) to DVD, rip to MP3, view photo's, edit home video, etc with this device? Do you use a wireless network connection and if so what brand of card/USB (I assume it's USB). ___

Re: question re mobile internet connection

2010-04-18 Thread Paul Schulz
Hi Richard, I had issues with a USB Modem from 3 that has two USB devices in it.. a memory device and the modem. They are designed for use with Windows hosts where there are drivers on the memory device, which then 'switch' the device to the USB modem once loaded. I wish there was a list of mode

Re: Ongoing Ubuntu-AU debate.

2010-04-18 Thread Melissa Draper
On Sun, 2010-04-18 at 20:18 +1000, Cary Bielenberg wrote: > This will be my last response as per your wishes Jared, I am saddened > that you and Melissa stifle change, you misquote the code of conduct > to server your own needs. I guess it will be good to trot it out to > stop folks challenging yo

Re: Ongoing Ubuntu-AU debate.

2010-04-18 Thread Andrew Gaydon
Hi Jared and the List. Yes I agree that things are getting out of hand. I started this discussion at an attempt to get people to talk about the issues. We have had some very good frank discussion. There has been quite a large silent majority and silence from the ones that should be making comment

Re: Ongoing Ubuntu-AU debate.

2010-04-18 Thread Cary Bielenberg
This will be my last response as per your wishes Jared, I am saddened that you and Melissa stifle change, you misquote the code of conduct to server your own needs. I guess it will be good to trot it out to stop folks challenging your authority. Lots of luck in your dictatorship & whoa beho

Ongoing Ubuntu-AU debate.

2010-04-18 Thread Jared Norris
Good evening Andrew and the Ubuntu-AU list, Firstly I would like to say that I agree the Ubuntu-AU team could use a lot more people willing to help out as much as you have in the Brisbane area. I do however have some reservations about your ongoing tirade of emails about the ACC. I would again

Re: Leadership, Roadmap, "Australian Community Council"

2010-04-18 Thread Andre Mangan
On 18 April 2010 18:16, Mitchell Braddon wrote: > > Ok so I've read all the main posts about this new leadership, roadmap and > community council. Although is it really needed? > You bet it is. If you have read all the posts then you would be aware that many Australian Ubuntu users believe that

Re: media centre build

2010-04-18 Thread Michael
Thanks Chris, I shall look into the PS3 and Nova-T. Cheers. Michael. On Apr 18, 6:32 pm, Chris Debenham wrote: > I have a PS3 PlayTV dual tuner that works OOTB, also a leadtek tuner > (no idea of name/type - just bought it for $25 at a computer fair) and > a dual tuner Nova-T 500 PCI card. > All

Re: Leadership, Roadmap, "Australian Community Council"

2010-04-18 Thread Michael
Mitch, if you have read all the posts with regards to this question you will have your answer. Whether you agree or not is a different matter and is a personal choice. >From my personal perspective, so I'm not speaking on anyones behalf except my own here, I find the difficulty in getting any answ

Re: media centre build

2010-04-18 Thread Chris Debenham
I have a PS3 PlayTV dual tuner that works OOTB, also a leadtek tuner (no idea of name/type - just bought it for $25 at a computer fair) and a dual tuner Nova-T 500 PCI card. All work out of the box on ubuntu 9.04 or later and give decent reception for aussie TV On 18 April 2010 18:22, Michael wro

Re: media centre build

2010-04-18 Thread Michael
Hello B. I've been thinking about this exact same thing as my desktop is currently my media server. I can do everything I need to except for record tv shows and for this I need a TV card. Now the issue is what TV cards will work in Australia while also working with the Linux Kernel. There are a co

Re: media centre build

2010-04-18 Thread Chris Debenham
I use an ASRock ION 330 for media centre duties (replacing a mac mini) Costs about $350 - just add disk and a usb tuner or two and you have a decent machine capable of playing High Def media via HDMI (I can play 1080p without too much issue - generally about 40% cpu usage when playing HD stuff - le

Leadership, Roadmap, "Australian Community Council"

2010-04-18 Thread Mitchell Braddon
Ok so I've read all the main posts about this new leadership, roadmap and community council. Although is it really needed? Is there anything that people want to do that can't already be done within the current structure? I honestly think this is all just a waste of time. Have the people that have

Re: question re mobile internet connection

2010-04-18 Thread Rob Dawson
Not my experience. I've used mobile broadband (Soul on the Optus network using a Huawei E220 usb modem) extensively in Jaunty and Karmic (installed on 2 different laptops - Asus and HP) and it's never let me down. The only issue I had initially was getting the settings correct (number and APN) an

media centre build

2010-04-18 Thread bryn mitchell
I am going to get / build a media centre. I could buy a MAC Mini which seems just about ready to go out of the box or I could go thru the project of a Linux equivalent. I want to access the net, rip and play (thru a sound system) music, record and replay digital TV, play DVD's / Blue Ray, etc t

Re: question re mobile internet connection

2010-04-18 Thread Barry Williams
what sort of card is it I use a old USB3-8521 in 10.04 however network manager does not recognise it so I use wvdial from cli On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 8:06 PM, wrote: > Hey folks, warm hello, > > Just wondering if anyone has experience connecting to a mobile Telstra > broadband account - with a p