[mythtv-users] New user trying to get started - basic operation test

[David Schmidt]

On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Mark V. Tollefson
<Mark-T at charterinternet.com> wrote:
> I have just set up MythTV (system details below).  I can watch cable
> TV using a program called TVTime, so I know that Linux can detect
> and handle the card and that the card itself is working.
>
> MythTV is set for combined front/back end.
>
> Is there any way to test whether MythTV will work without signing up
> to purchase schedule information?  I really want to just try it out to
> (manually) record anything and see/learn how the system works.
> Configuration of the back end seems to require connecting to the
> schedule service.  Can't I just request to record channel 40 for 30
> minutes at 6:30?
>
> Actually, I may not have even run the front end program yet.  (Can
> I run it from the command line rather than waiting for the configuration
> process to get me there?)
>
> Setup:
> Ubuntu 9.10 on a
> dual  Xeon processor Dell with a
> KWorld PlusTV Analog Lite PCI card.
> Location: Cleveland, TN, USA
>
>                                        Mark
>
>

Not a direct answer to your question, but you DO realize Schedules
Direct (http://www.schedulesdirect.org/) offers a free 7 day trial
with no commitment?

DS