[mythtv-users] Success story

[Dan Morphis]

Bryan Halter wrote:

>  Yes I have this setup on mine. I programmed it through the Settings
>  -> Key Bindings page in the MythWeb interface.
>
IIRC, you have to be running CVS for the configurable key bindings.

-dan

>  Bryan On Fri, 2004-05-07 at 10:17, Steven Rubano wrote:
>
> > First here is my system:
> >
> >
> >
> > - Asus Pundit case with p4 1.6GHz proc and 512meg of ram
> >
> > - Maxtor 160 Gig hard drive, 7200rpm 8mb cache
> >
> > - Knoppmyth R4 V2
> >
> > - PVR-350 using the supplied IR receiver
> >
> > - Home brew IR blaster
> >
> >
> >
> > So far my system has been up and running for over a month and a
> > half without a hitch! What I’ve come to relies (as I am sure most
> > of you have figured out) is that if you leave MythTV in “Watch TV”
> > mode, this will cause lockups or stuttering video after some time.
> > Now most of us can’t help it, you just want to turn off the TV and
> > walk away most times (just as what I was doing….hey I’m a new Dad
> > with a 3 month old J ). What I did to over come this problem is I
> > purchased a Sony Universal Learning remote with Macro programming.
> > I labeled one button “Watch TV” and another button labeled “TV
> > Off”. The macro for the “Watch TV” is set to turn on my TV, turn on
> > my amp and set it to the right settings for TV viewing and to
> > “click enter” to select the Watch TV on Myth (Watch TV is always
> > highlighted). This way it goes right into watching TV. Now the
> > button I have programmed for “TV Off” does the following, it
> > “clicks Exit” for MythTV so that it drops back to the main menu,
> > turns off my TV then turns off my amp, this way Live TV is not
> > always being buffered into Myth. With this setup I have had close
> > to a month and a half up time with no reboots!
> >
> >
> >
> > I wonder, would it be possible to program Myth to have “shortcut”
> > keys? Like if I press “L” it will bring me right into watching live
> > TV or “W” that will bring me right into Weather and so on? This
> > would be a great feature! You wouldn’t have to scroll through all
> > the menus to get to what you want and you could program macros on
> > these learning remotes to turn on the features you want in Myth
> > instantly!
> >
> >
> >
> > Well, I just wanted to share my success story with you guys and to
> > thank ALL the developers of MythTV, Knoppmyth, LiRC, ivtv and every
> > other single piece of software that is used to make Myth work.
> > This thing has been awesome….no more missed shows or movies….when
> > the baby cries, hit pause live TV and tend to him! J
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks again all!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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