[mythtv-users] MythTV - help please!

[David Segall]

Steve Cooke wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> My first message looks like it failed to get through, so I'm trying again.
> 
> I'm beginning to really believe that 'MythTV' is actually that - a myth. 
> I have been trying to get mythTV to do what it is claimed to do (allow 
> television content to be seen on linux-based machines!) for over a year 
> now. Twelve frigging frustrating months. In that time I've seen at least 
> one new version of Fedora and at least half a gig of changes to my 
> current libraries via yum. I cannot even get the Australian television 
> station config file to appear in the appropriate place when trying to 
> configure the 'backend' (I think in frustration I renamed it the 
> arsehole in the end).
> 
> I give up. I'd really like to get this working, but I cannot see how it 
> is possible. It simply does not want to work on linux. I don't know 
> where else to turn to - so, in the same way as we RTFM when all else 
> fails, I now admit defeat by turning to the MythTV users list...
> 
> Steve.
Hi Steve,

I tried that route but gave up quickly.  I suggest using one of the 
integrated distributions.  I used Mythdora <http://g-ding.tv/> which 
worked almost "out of the box" including installing the Australian guide 
grabber. It still required some effort to get it fully operational. The 
usual minor, frustrating, problems that recur in this list particularly 
with the remote.

I tried Mythbuntu <http://www.mythbuntu.com/> the other day and it 
really did work immediately after I installed it. However, this was not 
a fair comparison because it was only a front end.

David