[mythtv-users] Sell mythtv "set-top" boxes

[Mark Cooper]

Ben Bucksch wrote:
> Mark Cooper wrote:
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>> This all falls under the rating and comments section I think. 
> 
> 
> I disagree. This is essential information, in fact exactly the kind of 
> information I would expect from such a database (what's the use to know 
> that somebody uses an Duron 800 for encoding, if he has serious quality 
> problems which I don't want to tolerate? How could I know?), and 
> explicitly asking for it makes people fill it out, while they may not 
> even think of it in the comments section.
> 
> In fact, many or most comments are completely empty.

I moved all data collected on the old website into the new database. The 
old website didn't have a field for comments, hence none exist for the 
old entries.



>>>    * Which software was used - distro, drivers, xfree, mythtv, version
>>>      of each
>>
>>
>> Already in the database.
> 
> 
> No, not in that detail. It doesn't even say, if MythTV or FreeVo was 
> used, much less the xfree version. Most have just "tuner driver: bttv, 
> gfx driver: nvidia, Audio driver: alsa". That's not very helpful, 
> because the gotchas are in the details.

Each entry *specifically* states if the software is MythTV or Freevo and 
now also includes the exact version.


>>>    * which config used (linux kernel config, modules.conf, xfree
>>>      config, any other compile parameters, anything else in /etc/)
>>
>>
>> This is outside the spec of something you can put in database fields 
>> and is what the comments section is intended for.
> 
> 
> Look at the actual comments made. Nothing.

See above. The majority of the entries have not been updated since the 
comment field was introduced.


> You *can* provide fields for "relevant modules.conf lines", "relevant 
> kernel config options necessary (if you compiled your own kernel)", 
> "device driver section of /etc/X11/XF86Config" etc.
> 
>>> I didn't know that you're listening at all, much less willing to 
>>> improve it.
>>
>>
>> Where did you get that impression??
> 
> 
> I didn't have any impression at all. It was just a random site on the 
> internet for me, which happens to be linked.

*sigh*

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Mark Cooper
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