[mythtv-users] Mythtv compiling from source for Mint 15 Help Please!

[George Galt]

Bruce:

Given you have stated that you are a "Linux newbie", I would suggest
starting with a card that is known to work with MythTV.  There is a
hardware list available through the wiki.  Next, I would suggest using
packages rather than compiling from source.  MythTV has a number of
dependencies that will take forever to collect on your own.  In addition,
ensuring that you have selected the correct switches for compiling will be
a challenge.

MythTV can work well, but even those of us who have been running systems
for years (through many hardware changes as well), generally install from
packages and stick to the recommended hardware.  If you decide to forge
your own path, you WILL learn a lot about Linux, but at the end of the day
you may not have a working system.

George


On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 10:56 PM, Bruce Herrington <1bhfr1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm a Linux newbie. I started with XBMC on a raspberry, got it working
> somewhat, but decided I needed more power so moved to a Desktop. I have
> mythbuntu running a HDHomeRun dual tuner  and I love it. I bought a Genpix
> Skywalker 1 DVB-S  to add to the system and my life has been hell ever
> since. I didn't want to ruin the mythbuntu setup I had so I got another
> drive to experiment with. After hundreds of Installs, my OS 1st choice is
> Mint 15 cinnamon, but haven't tried any other "mint's".  I have been told
> after the OS is installed and updated,mythtv.0.26.0 source  downloaded and
> extracted,  I need to follow the directions at:
> https://bitbucket.org/updatelee/v4l-updatelee to modify the mythtv soucre
> code to point the application to modified drivers verses kernel drivers.
>  Updatelee is the author of the instuctions and I have been in contact with
> him at
> http://dvbn.happysat.org/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=53310&start=60#p348265. He
> doesn't use MythTv tho. Has anybody on this board got Skywalker 1 working
> under MythTV sats 110, 118,119, or 129? Is Mint 15 a good OS choice? Any
> recomendations?
>
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