[mythtv-users] Very simple user guide for Myth?

Igor Chudov igor at chudov.com
Wed Jan 14 18:14:46 UTC 2009


I have little complaint about MythTV's GUI, so far. My question,
however, is whether I can schedule a recording from command line. That
way I could schedule recording from work, or from train, etc, whenever
I hear of a good TV program, not necessarily when I am in front of the
TV.

i

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:02:27PM -0600, Richard Thomas wrote:
> Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> > And my point is that someone technical HAS to set up MythTV and that  
> > person should change the menu theme that is appropriate for the end  
> > user. It makes little sense to set up a system for someone and then  
> > say, "Yeah, it's complicated with lots of options you don't want but  
> > that's the way it came so... Good luck!" instead of also changing the  
> > menu theme and saying, "This is a bit easier for you to understand.  
> > All the options you want to use on a daily basis are on the front menu  
> > with the ability to navigate deeper to find the rest of the stuff you  
> > might want to use."
> >   
> Ah, but who's to say that both kinds of users won't use the unit (My 
> wife and I for example)?
> 
> Ah well, I'm going to give it a go anyway. I certainly know that I 
> believe that the lack of a user-friendly guide is a weakness in the 
> whole mythtv thing right now. Can't do any harm in any case.
> 
> Rich
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