[mythtv-users] mythtv for the non-techies

[Jim Stichnoth]

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 7:48 AM, Yan Seiner <yan at seiner.com> wrote:

> My parents, who are computer literate but technically ignorant, have had
> it with the broken commercial players out there.  They asked me how I
> deal with it and I said, Myth.
>
> Now they want to know if they can have myth...
>
> We're 3,000 miles apart, so no weekend visits to fix things.  I'm a bit
> leery of setting up a myth system that far away.
>
> Is anyone doing anything like this?
>
> This would be a combined FE/BE, plugged into a TV on one end and
> probably a STB cable box on the other.  I think they have comcast.
>
> Should I even attempt this?  Or should I run?  Suggestions?
>
> --Yan
>

Wow.  My first impulse would be to run.  I think if you want to make this
work, at a minimum you need to:
1. Build and configure the system yourself at home, trying to mimic their
external hardware (e.g., TV input type, STB, etc.) as much as possible.
2. Deliver the system and set it up in person, including things like lirc.
3. Spend several days on-site training them and fine-tuning things.
4. Make sure you can ssh in after you leave, to diagnose/fix problems that
come up.

But really, this is a risky undertaking.  I wouldn't recommend this for my
parents, who are also computer literate but unfamiliar with Linux, unless I
lived nearby.

Jim
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