[mythtv-users] More hours of messing with mythtv yield zero result

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Tue Jan 13 22:34:56 UTC 2009


On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Lindsay Mathieson
<lindsay.mathieson at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:06:53 am John Finlay wrote:
>> I agree with you Igor that mythtv setup and use can be frustrating at
>> times but perseverance should pay off. I found when I was doing an
>> install of mythtv on ubuntu hardy that installing
>> mythbuntu-control-center and setting things up through it made the
>> process much easier. I don't know if you tried mcc yet but I would
>> recommend it.
>
> Seconded. I used mythbuntu-control-center on a clean kubuntu box just
> yesterday. Had myth up and running withing 30 minutes.
>
> Mind you I've had a *lot* of practice :)
>
> If thing are getting messy and screwy I'd recommend the clean and reinstall
> approach as well.

mythbuntu, while not flawless, is considerably aided by
mythbuntu-control-centre and the docs that you get to by going to
http://mythbuntu.org/ and clicking on "installation manual"


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