[mythtv-users] Program Listings without capture cards
David Fishburn
fishburn at ianywhere.com
Sun Oct 29 19:28:12 UTC 2006
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Michael T. Dean
> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 2:18 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: [mythtv] Re: [mythtv-users] Program Listings without
> capture cards
>
> On 10/29/06 12:37, David Fishburn wrote:
>
> >I just setup MythTH (for my first time) on Ubuntu Edgy using VMWare.
> >I haven't figured out how to check the versions yet, but this is
> >definitely .20 (and maybe some fixes).
> >
> >This was essentially a practice run.
> >
> >Since I am running in VMWare I do not have any capture cards.
> >But I did sign up with Zap2It, and ran mythfilldatabase. Judging by
> >the output of that command and the length of time it ran it
> should have
> >populated the database.
> >
> >When I go here:
> >http://fishburn-ub2e/mythweb/settings/channels
> >
> >Fatal Error at
> /usr/share/mythtv/mythweb/includes/channels.php, line 58:
> >No channels were detected. Are you sure that MythTV is
> properly configured?
> >
> >
> >Should I expect to be able to see program listings even if
> there is no
> >way I can record them and so on?
> >
>
> Nope. Myth only shows you the channels you can watch/record
> through Myth.
Excellent, then it appears I set this up correctly.
> Or, even better, go out and pick yourself up a capture card
> and use MythTV as it was meant to be used. :)
Yep, that is why it was a practice run. The hardware is supposed to be
ready this week, but the capture card wont show up until the following
Monday. Bugger.
Dave
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