[mythtv-users] On the verge of giving up

[Jim - MythTV]

I have to agree.  When I installed my 1st mythtv setup It was around the .10 
or .11 days  it was a little more tricky back then than it is now.  I jsut 
reinstalled my myth box 2 weeks ago as I was still running .19 and wanted to 
go with the SD listings.  I was working within under 45 mins, alot faster 
than now a days.  and with the ISO distros out  there  newbie with linux can 
get running alot easier as well.  This time awround I  installed MythDora as 
my hardware needs to be upgraded as its outdated.. i went this route as I 
didnt have the time do it all manually like I orgiinally did.  (rumor has it 
my wife decided we are getting me PCs for Xmas so my AMD machine I have now 
wioll become my mythfrontend, and the box I ave now will be a Backend, so I 
decided to ake the quicker route and then re-install in Dec.


Jim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Brodbeck" <gull at gull.us>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] On the verge of giving up



On Sep 18, 2007, at 5:24 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> IMHO, MythTV is a very expensive DVR solution--it costs a /lot/ of
> time
> to learn what you need to learn to make it a good DVR and to keep up
> with support, maintenance, development/changes for upgrades, etc.

I think this depends a lot on what your learning curve is.  For
someone who's new to Linux, it's going to be steep and they'll spend
a *lot* of time.  In fact, I don't think I'd recommend building a
MythTV system to someone who didn't have any Linux experience.

If you *do* have Linux experience, the core parts of MythTV really
aren't much harder to install than any other app, these days.  I had
my first system up and running and able to record within a couple of
hours, and my last reinstall took less than an hour.  Actually, the
most time-consuming part is getting LIRC to work, which isn't a
MythTV package at all.

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