[mythtv-users] Where to find Myth Setup Information?

Phil Bridges gravityhammer at gmail.com
Mon Jan 10 04:13:12 UTC 2011


On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 9:26 PM, mark Deneen <mdeneen9000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:40 AM, mark Deneen <mdeneen9000 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Another Sillyname
>> > <anothersname at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On 9 January 2011 16:57, mark Deneen <mdeneen9000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > The Setup program has hundreds of parameters. Very few have any
>> >> > meaningful
>> >> > explanation. I see myriad resources for learning how to compile Myth
>> >> > software, but I have yet to find an instruction on how to set it up.
>> >> > Is
>> >> > there any kind of PDF manual or online docs for the SETUP?
>> >> >
>> >> > _______________________________________________
>> >> > mythtv-users mailing list
>> >> > mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>> >> > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Which version of Unix are you running?
>> >> _______________________________________________
>> >> mythtv-users mailing list
>> >> mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>> >> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>> >
>> > Ubuntu 10.10
>> > What I installed was referred to as "Mythbuntu."
>> > FYI. So far, absolutely nothing works except I have a menu on screen
>> > which
>> > does nothing. I can't watch TV, I can't play a DVD, I can't get the
>> > weather,
>> > I can't get the Hauppage remote to work - nothing. I've been installing
>> > applications on computers since about 1982 and never have seen anything
>> > like
>> > this. Well, it's not actually an application is it? It's a programmer's
>> > lego
>> > kit, or something?
>> >
>> > The menu makes it look like it would do a lot.
>>
>> It does, but the developers can't guess what capture devices you have,
>> nor where in the world you live, nor what TV services you have access
>> to. You therefore have to do a certain amount of setup. Once you have
>> done so, it'll work fine.
>>
>> You have been pointed at the docs, the first thing to do is run
>> mythbuntu-control-centre, then do launch mythtv-setup from the mysql
>> tab.
>> _______________________________________________
>> mythtv-users mailing list
>> mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>
> Yes, I had read those docs already and found them sorely lacking. For
> example, this gem: "Choose the appropriate settings for your particular
> tuner. Use the arrow keys to move around and to make your choices, and press
> RETURN when complete."
> Right. Just what I needed to know - move the arrow keys and make selections.
> WOW - someone actually typed that as an instruction? Why not shorten it to
> "start the program and configure it."
>
> I thank you all for the replies sincerely, but this SW looks like a high
> school science project, and I was looking for something more like a finished
> application. My mistake, I ought not have wasted everyone's time.
>

Well, I guess you get what you pay for, eh?


More information about the mythtv-users mailing list