[mythtv] Question on LiveTV

Robert Dege rdege at cse.Buffalo.EDU
Thu Jan 30 10:41:16 EST 2003


Or re-point it to xawtv ;)

You can also re-point it to use mplayer as well.  Check out www.freevo.org
if you're into that.

-Rob

> Hey,
>
> How about just editing the tvmenu.xml file and commenting out (or deleting)
> the <button> ... </button> section for the TV type?
>
> Just do this:
>
> <!--
>    <button>
>       <type>TV</type>
>       <text>Watch TV</text>
>       <action>TV_WATCH_LIVE</action>
>    </button>
> -->
>
> This file would normally be in your /usr/local/share/mythtv folder.
>
> Try it.  Worked for me!
>
> JC
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cedar McKay" <cedarmckay at mac.com>
> To: "Development of mythtv" <mythtv-dev at snowman.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 6:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [mythtv] Question on LiveTV
>
>
> > >
> > >
> > > * Is there a way to disable the 'LiveTV' function in MythTV?  In other
> > > words, to use it just like a normal TV with no live functionality?
> > >
> > None that I know of. I suspect the answer is: not without some coding.
> >
> >
> > > I love the program scheduling, the EPG etc, but my PC isn't really up
> > > to spec to encode and decode at the same time (ie. LiveTV).
> > >
> > You might have to settle for lowering the resolution and quality,
> > lowering the demands or recording.
> >
> > > * Also, when running mythfrontend, i can't go into the 'Setup' option
> > > for some reason, it just sits there.  I can get into all other options
> > > though, eg. Schedule a Recording, Watch TV etc.  Any ideas why this
> > > might be happening?
> > >
> > If you are using myth 0.7 that is because the 'setup' button is not yet
> > enabled. It will work with mythtv 0.8 so patience!
> >
> > best,
> >
> > Cedar
> >
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