[mythtv-users] Information/Recommendations on a new MythTV

[Timothy Chartier]

> > A 20G hard drive will do fine for testing purposes, but will only allow
> > you to record a couple of hours of TV at standard definition. You will
> > only need about 4 G for the- actual linux install. You can set up a
> > partition '/video'  for the tv recordings.

Crap. I should of payed more attn to this message before installing it. I was an idiot and only made a 2GB partition for the main install. I was able to get around this by cleaver use of symlinks and moving stuff to make it work though.

> I need to go do some research and see if XFS has been added to the 
> kernel as the last time I played with it I had to custom patch my 
> kernel to support XFS.

I was happy to see that both JFS and XFS were options for my Debian install. I messed up some how and made my /home the XFS instead of /video. Yet again easily fixed with a symlink. 

Now for more questions. My card has composite, RCA, and S-Video connectors. My /dev directory has /dev/video0, /dev/video24, and /dev/video32. Can someone explane the difference between these? I think the problem I have with having no picture when I say “watch TV” is related to this. Also how do I stop watching TV? Kinda annoying to sit there with a blank screen and having to use <ctrl><alt><backspace> to get out of it.

My other question is about the backend. When booting it says it is starting the backend. When I try and run mythfrontend it says it can't connect to the backend. I open another windows and run mythbackend. I go back to the first and run mythfrontend and it works. Any ideas why? 

I think that should point me in the right direction. 
Thanks In Advance.


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