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I am now running Xubuntu 18.04, but it has the same kernel 4.15.0-43-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 6 14:45:28 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux and is using TBS opensource drivers. Not sure about the './build' you are using, I use the commands at https://github.com/tbsdtv/linux_media/wiki The...

Not sure which "view" filter you are changing. If you go to "Watch Recordings" and then press the Menu key (m on a keyboard) you should see a "Group List Menu" , if you then select "Change Group Filter" does that show any lines resembling your "lost" recordings ? It is possible that they are in the ...

I gave up on getting remotes to work and ended up using a mini wifi keyboard, these are palm sized and don't require any configuration (no lirc etc, no remapping of buttons). As an example, there plenty around, see https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rii-Mini-Wireless-Rechargeable-Multi-Media/dp/B01HDR58VI/ref...

Forgot to answer your other questions:
mythtv 29 provides systemd service files, the mention of upstart in the guide is only for older systems e.g. 14.04.
You can use Ubuntu server, Lubuntu, Xubuntu etc. I generally use Xubuntu, but have used Lubuntu.

Mike

Disclaimer I don't use containers, so the rest of this post relates to desktop version of the operating system. Yes, you can go directly to mythtv 29 will automatically upgrade your 0.27 database, it might take a while (depends on size) so be prepared to wait - there is no progress indication. I rec...

Have a look at mythlink.pl see https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythlink.pl It reads mythconverg database and creates symbolic links in a directory you specify (make a new directory for this purpose as when run all directory contents are deleted) which includes the full path to the files (so use somethin...

Not sure if this a bug or expected behaviour in some configurations. Edit 20181009 raised ticket https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/13330 Edit 20181012 fix now in master When using skip keys (left/right arrow on keyboard) audio stops for a period, video continues. The problem is mainly on skip back...

Another possibility is to set "Live TV order" and "Schedule order" to 0 (zero) using mythtv-setup>Input Connections>Interactions between inputs. Setting to 0 prevents the tuner from being available for use. Doing this leaves everything "as is" recording rules etc, when you want to resume recording/L...

From frontend log Sep 4 10:52:04 ed mythfrontend.real: mythfrontend[7029]: E CoreContext fileringbuffer.cpp:309 (OpenFile) FileRingBuf(/home/ed/Videos/TV Recordings/1191_20180904155204.ts): OpenFile(): File too small (0B). There is a space character in TV Recordings/ directory name, suggest you rena...

@Doppel-D You may still get EIT data even with "Use DVB card for active EIT scan" not selected for all Capture Cards as mythtv has another EIT mode "passive" which will be used if the Video Source has EIT enabled and the individual channel has EIT allowed (useronairguide ticked in mythweb). The pass...

Possible but not likely that the recent mythtv 29 changes would have impacted recordings, a couple of changes were related to EIT scanning, but these were to do with resuming EIT scan after a timeout and only running EIT on visible channels. I only set EIT on one tuner per Video Source as this minim...

From mythtv frontend log Sep 17 14:03:58 DVR mythfrontend.real: mythfrontend[1355]: E CoreContext fileringbuffer.cpp:309 (OpenFile) FileRingBuf(/mnt/Video-Storage/Live TV/1051_20180917190358.ts): OpenFile(): File too small (0B). You have a space character in Live TV directory name, suggest you renam...

It does look like permissions issue, although I would have expected mythtv-setup complain on exit. recording folders/directories need to be owned by mythtv and also have certain permissions, so try the following to resolve sudo chown -R mythtv:mythtv /home/ed/Videos sudo chmod -R u=rwx,g=rwxs,o=rx /...

I use the following to install mythtv 29 (or 30-pre master) on a clean install *Ubuntu 18.04, after which you can restore any previous mythconverg database backup if required. Everything is done in a terminal session. First make sure Ubuntu 18.04 is up to date sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade # if n...

Running w_scan was a long shot, Brad Love thought it probably would not show the problem, he was correct. The problem is how to easily trigger the mpeg risc errors on demand. I get these errors (non-fatal) maybe one every few weeks from my QuadHD DVB card. The w_scan run time of 4 minutes is fine, i...