[mythtv-users] I just want to make a wife-friendly MythTV system

[Phil Bridges]

On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 2:06 AM, Steve Hodge <stevehodge at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 7:10 PM, Marc Barrett <mnealbarrett at cox.net> wrote:
>> I have a mostly-working MythTV setup involving a DCH-3200 and
>> a firewire connection.  For the unprotected channels, it works
>> OK, but if you try to record from a protected channel, the
>> backend will hang or crash.  With these problems, it just isn't
>> anywhere close to being "wife-friendly".  I can't teach her how to
>> use it, because invariably she'll try to record a protected
>> channel, crash it, think she wrecked it, and not want to touch
>> it for the rest of her life.
>
> Can't you remove those channels entirely?
>

That's exactly the correct answer.  Get the CLI tool that will scan
your firewire box for unencrypted channels, and remove the rest from
your lineup.