[mythtv-users] I got my Ceton InfiniTV 4 working in 0.24-fixes (compiled with custom code)

[Tom Bongiorno]

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 11:45 PM, Ronald Frazier <ron at ronfrazier.net> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Tom Bongiorno <two.bits.11 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Is it really this simple? I don't know. If you'd like, I could try and
> >> give it a shot on my dev box and see how it works. I'm assuming it
> >> won't be too much work for me to do a very basic install of Mythbuntu,
> >> and that I can just get the installer started, let it do its thing,
> >> and then do the patching. I've already taken my Ceton card out of my
> >> dev box and put it in my production system, so I won't be able to do a
> >> full test, but I can compile in the code and see if I get the new code
> >> in mythtv-setup and get the appropriate errors in the backend log
> >> about not being able to connect to the card."
> >
> > Tom Bongiorno wrote:
> > "If you can fit it in, that would be great.  One thing I don't have is
> time
> > to tinker.  My wife and three kids make sure of that.  That is why I use
> > Mythbuntu.  Even though I am a programmer, anything making this more turn
> > key is appreciated.  Should we move this to another thread for the sake
> of
> > others trying to find this info or avoid it."
>
> Well, good news Tom. I'm watching The Daily Show in HD right now on a
> freshly built MythBuntu 11.04 box. Those basic instructions I gave you
> earlier were about 90% of what you needed to know. It was just a
> matter of trial and error figuring out the rest (and lots of google
> searching to figure out the meaning of the errors I encountered). And
> it would have helped if I had remembered to follow my own instructions
> for configuring it properly...that would have saved me about an hour
> of debugging.
>
> I even managed to do something really cool in the process...I don't
> actually have my Ceton card installed in this mythbuntu box, yet I'm
> watching TV off it. I put together some very crude perl client/server
> scripts that actually transport the video from one system to the
> other. This is something I knew would be possible, and for a while
> I've been meaning to figure out a way to accomplish it. This mythbuntu
> test project was just the inspiration I needed to get it done. Well,
> not quite done....they're pretty crude and need a lot of polishing,
> but the basics are there.
>
> Anyway, I'm gonna try and finish up the basic instructions and post
> them on my blog ( http://mythtvblog.blogspot.com ). Yesterday I posted
> some general info about my development process. Either tonight or
> tomorrow, I'm gonna try to get the second post done with instructions
> for a general install from git, and then after that I'll put up the
> Mythbuntu instructions in part 3.
>
> --
> Ron Frazier
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This is great news!  I have to decide by Monday. That is the day that
the $50 coupon expires and the PRIME is released.  On Monday I can use
that same discount on the PRIME.  That is because you can't pre-order
on the business site and it is the only day they overlap.

I have always preferred the Ceton.  I can't remember, but did you get
the web interface to be accessible from an external PC?

-Tom
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